Tag: piano four hands

  • PROGRAM NOTES: STEVEN OSBORNE AND PAUL LEWIS

    PROGRAM NOTES: STEVEN OSBORNE AND PAUL LEWIS

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    Gabriel Fauré Dolly Suite  Op. 56 In the 1890s Gabriel Fauré would often compose or revise small pieces for the infant daughter of his mistress Emma Bardac (1862-1934). These affectionate pieces celebrated a birthday, a pet, or a special person in the life of the young Regina-Hélène, known in the family as “Dolly,” and six…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: LUCAS & ARTHUR JUSSEN

    PROGRAM NOTES: LUCAS & ARTHUR JUSSEN

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    Johann Sebastian Bach Three Chorale Preludes  (arr. György Kurtág) The chorale, a hymn setting of pious verse in simple note values, was a central element in Lutheran liturgical practice, whether sung in unison by the congregation, in four-part harmony by the choir in a cantata, or artfully arranged into a web of contrapuntal lines on…