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Tango amour program notes
Golijov: Omaramor Carlos Gardel, the mythical tango singer, was young, handsome, and at the pinnacle of his popularity when the plane that was carrying him to a concert crashed and he died, in 1935. But for all the people who are seated today at the sidewalks in...
All Shostakovich Program notes
Shostakovich/Auerbach: 24 Preludes for Piano, Op. 34 Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1979) composed his Twenty-four Preludes for piano between December 1932 and March 1933. The work emulated The Well-Tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) in the idea of 24 keyboard...
program notes – camerata recital ft. viktor valkov
C.P.E. Bach, Würtemberg Sonata No. 1 in A Minor Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's “Württemberg Sonatas” were named after their dedication to Carl Eugen Duke of Württemberg who studied with Bach at the court of Frederick the Great in Berlin. They were published in 1744....