An all-keyboard program, featuring selections from new recordings by three of the most gifted and imaginative keyboard artists at work today – harpsichordist Jean Rondeau, multi-instrumentalist (harpsichord, fortepiano, early and modern pianos) Alexander Melnikov and pianist Seong-Jin Cho – plus a classic Brahms performance by pianist Emil Gilels.
1-3 p.m. EDT
1700-1900 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org
J.S. Bach: “Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue” in D minor, BWV 903
Alexander Melnikov, harpsichord
(Harmonia Mundi)
Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K. 397
Jean Rondeau, harpsichord
(Erato)
Mendelssohn: Fantasia in F sharp minor, Op. 28
Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano
(Harmonia Mundi)
Chopin: Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49
Alexander Melnikov, piano
(Harmonia Mundi)
Johann Joseph Fux: Ciaccona in D major
Jean Rondeau, harpsichord
(Erato)
Handel: Suite in E major, HWV 430 (“The Harmonious Blacksmith”)
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
(Deutsche Grammophon)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
Emil Gilels, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner
(RCA)
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