Seperated by 200 years of musical development--from the late Baroque to the 20th century's second Viennese school--this coupling may at first seem odd. However, both styles arose from their fluency in contrapuntal invention and motivic control. The repertoire includes two ricercar from Bach's "Musical Offering", a early cantata (BWV 4), Webern's 1905 string quartet and his stunning "Five Movements for String Quartet op5" (written when he was 22!). The Hilliard Ensemble, Muncheber Kammerorchest, and Christoph Poppen highlight tremendously the connections between these two composers.