Having had my life changed as a university student by a live recording from 1961 of Ralph Kirkpatrick playing an entire evening of modern music, well, now I guess I'm doing it.
I frankly don’t know how this young man could do this, but the fact remains that I don’t go for Sorabji’s longer works. Who wants to listen to 90-minute-long fugues? It’s important to remember that Sorabji needed to CREATE more than actually be performed. 1/2
Why don’t we ever hear Max Reger’s piano duet version of Bach’s Orchestral Suites in concert? Because the primo (top) and secondo (bottom) parts are scored like this👇
Which would you rather play? 🤣
#OrchestralSuites4Hands#Bach#piano
I’m so proud to be associated with @musicforfood and its guiding spirit Kim Kashkashian! Please come! I’ll be playing Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata and Fauré’s 2nd Piano Quartet. And proceeds go to @WLPBoston, an inspiring and essential shelter for homeless women.