About this Event
Tonight’s program is filled with mystery, longing, and virtuosity. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor opens with a tense and melancholic prelude that gives way to a masterful fugue in five voices (one of only two fugues of this character in the entire Well-Tempered Klavier). Mozart’s Fantasie, left unfinished at the time of the composer’s death, is a temperamental and moody work in seven distinct sections. From the opening notes of the immediately recognizable Ballade No. 1, one understands why Chopin called it his “dearest work.” This daring work takes the Sturm und Drang movement to epic, dreamlike heights. Gershwin’s delightful “It Ain’t Necessarily So” gives way to Schumann’s rich and colorful Piano Quartet.
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J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, from the Well-Tempered Klavier, Book 1, BWV 867
W.A. MOZART: Fantasie No. 3 in D minor, K397
F. CHOPIN: Piano Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23
G. GERSHWIN: "It Ain’t Necessarily So”
— Intermission —
R. SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in E♭ major, Op. 47
I. Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo II. Scherzo: Molto vivace – Trio I – Trio II III. Andante cantabile IV. Finale: Vivace
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Fort Hill Performing Arts Center, Fort Hill Avenue, Canandaigua, NY, USA, United States
USD 35.00
