The instrument's slim legs and trim body make it look like a harpsichord - until pianist Timothy Hester starts to play. The sounds that emerge don't have the harpsichord's jangle or the modern piano's ...
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In 1777, when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was 21 years old, he wrote an enthusiastic letter to his father describing a newly popular type of piano. Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence had constructed a ...
The other day, the keyboard player Kristian Bezuidenhout was standing onstage at Hertz Hall, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, in a state of slight panic. Around him were four ...
Kristian Bezuidenhout’s superb fortepiano recital in the Boston Early Music Festival concert series highlighted a paradox in the period-instrument movement. The attempt to re-create the sound of a ...
Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330: I. Allegro moderato Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330: II. Andante cantabile Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330: III. Allegretto Piano Sonata No. 11 in ...
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: 1. Allegro (Cadenza by Beethoven) Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: 2. Romance Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: 3. Allegro assai (Cadenza by ...
In the 18th century keyboard instruments were evolving at a rapid rate. Since first appearing in the middle of the 16th century, the harpsichord - with its mechanically-plucked strings held at low ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Francesco Corti is one of the few people to have played Mozart’s own fortepiano. One of the world’s leading harpsichordists, Corti is ...
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