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Prom 50: Bach - Goldberg Variations

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2015

Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, a Prom in which pianist Andras Schiff performs Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV988.

AndrΓ΅s Schiff performs JS Bach's Goldberg Variations, live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Bach: 'Goldberg' Variations, BWV 988

AndrΓ΅s Schiff, piano

Grammy Award-winning pianist Sir AndrΓ΅s Schiff is a titan of the keyboard, bringing his distinctive blend of clarity and authority to repertoire from Bach to BartΓ³k. Tonight he continues his long association with Bach's music in a performance of the composer's 'Goldberg' Variations - a monumental work composed, according to its title-page, 'for the refreshment of the spirits'. The resulting Aria and variations are a compositional wonder, a sequence of musical miniatures unequalled in all Bach's output.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Sat 22 Aug 2015 22:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The 'Goldberg' Variations, BWV 988

    Performer: Andras Schiff (piano).

Broadcast

  • Sat 22 Aug 2015 22:15
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