Tag: Une Barque sur l’océan

  • PROGRAM NOTES: YUJA WANG

    PROGRAM NOTES: YUJA WANG

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    Baldassare Galuppi Andante from the Sonata in C major The Venetian musician Baldassare Galuppi was one of the most successful composers of the 18th century. While his prodigious output of vocal music, comprising more than 100 operas, did not survive in the repertoire, interest in his keyboard music was revived in the last half of…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: ANDREW TYSON

    PROGRAM NOTES: ANDREW TYSON

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    Alban Berg Sonata Op. 1 The tonal system in use throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, from Bach to Tchaikovsky, was predicated on the understanding that pieces would be in a home key – from which they would depart, and to which they would return – and that harmony would result from the interaction of chords…