Early Music Vancouver: Shostakovich Preludes feat. David Jalbert, piano
Montreal pianist David Jalbert provides a finely nuanced and impassioned argument for what more people should recognize as one of the 20th century’s greatest sets of compositions for the piano
Date/Time: Aug 8 2019, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Vancouver, Christ Church Cathedral690 Burrard St
P: (604) 682-3848
Tickets
Cost: $30.00
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Pre-concert talk at 12:15PM
Following the example of J.S. Bach in setting one prelude and one fugue in each of the 12 major and minor keys of the modern Western scale, Shostakovich, writing in 1950, offered a staggering range of styles, ideas and counterpoints. This is beautiful music that goes from quiet noodlings to full-scale keyboard assaults. The set was written for the young Tatiana Nikolayevna, the winner of the first International Bach Competition in Leipzig at which Shostakovich had been a judge. Jalbert, as demonstrated in his 2008 recording for ATMA Classique, is capable of mesmerizing across the whole range.
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