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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
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Richard Goode piano
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH ( 1685 – 1750 ) Partita no . 6 in E minor LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ( 1770 – 1827 ) Bagatelles op . 126 Sonata no . 28 in A major , op . 101 Sonata no . 31 in A flat major , op . 110 FREDERIC CHOPIN ( 1810 – 1849 ) Nocturne no . 17 in B flat major , op . 62 no . 1 3 Mazurkas 1 . op . 41 no . 3 in B flat major 2 . op . 41 no . 4 in A flat major 3 . op . 50 no . 3 in C sharp minor
Polonaise in F sharp minor op . 44
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HÅKONSHALLEN
DATE / TIME Thursday 25 May at 19:30
DURATION 2:00 including interval
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Introduction ( in Norwegian ) by Annabel Guaita at 18:55
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The pianist of pianists .
When the American pianist Richard Goode recorded all 32 of Beethoven ’ s sonatas in the early 90s , the reviews were unanimous : The disc set was declared a ‘ landmark recording ’ and Goode ’ s name has been associated with Beethoven since then .
Richard Goode is acclaimed for music-making of tremendous emotional power , depth and expressiveness , and has been referred to both as the pianist ’ s pianist and as America ’ s best kept secret . When he visited the Bergen International Festival over ten years ago , critics used words such as ‘ pure delight ’, ‘ shivers down the spine ’ and ’ shining eyes ’.
For his recital in Håkonshallen Richard Goode has selected Beethoven ’ s Sonatas no . 28 and 31 and his last piano work , the Bagatelles of opus 126 , whose playful and lyrical nature complement the severity of Bach ’ s Partita no 6 . He had also recently ‘ felt an urgent need to play Chopin – especially mazurkas ,’ and added the F sharp minor Polonaise , which ‘ combines a Beethovenian power and a beautiful inner mazurka .’
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