Tag: Appassionata

  • PROGRAM NOTES: BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV

    PROGRAM NOTES: BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV

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      Antonio  Vivaldi Siciliana in D minor (arr.  J. S. Bach and Alfred Cortot) Nothing could be more  Baroque than an arrangement of an arrangement. The Baroque was a period in music  history in which music  travelled freely between instruments and instrumental ensembles. Bach’s Organ  Concerto No. 5 for solo organ BWV  596, composed sometime…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: MURRAY PERAHIA

    PROGRAM NOTES: MURRAY PERAHIA

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    Johann Sebastian Bach:
 French Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 815 Bach composed suites for keyboard, for various solo chamber instruments, and for full orchestra, each comprising a varied and aesthetically balanced collection of dance movements written in the fashionable style of his day. The harmonic task given to each two-section dance is…