“TheSilencebeforeBach”isanapproachtomusicandthetradesandsubjectsthatsurrounditthroughBach’sworks. Alookattheprofounddramaturgicrelationshipbetweenimageandmusicwherethelatterisnotmerelyconceivedassubsidiarytotheimagebutasasubjectofthenarrationinitsownright. Thefilmspringsfromapreviouslydefinedmusicalstructure. ThesoundtrackfeedsonworksbyJ.SBachandtwoofFelixMendelssohn’ssonatastocreateanarchitecturalvaultbeneathwhichthestoryofthefilmunfolds;apromenadethroughtheXVIIIth,XIXthandXXIthcenturiesledbythehandofJ.S.Bach.