Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov performs Bach鈥檚 Goldberg Variations for solo piano.
Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov performs Bach鈥檚 鈥楪oldberg鈥� Variations for solo piano.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Presented by Georgia Mann
JS Bach: Goldberg Variations
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
鈥業s it a coded message, an exercise in numerology? Is it a glorious attempt to marry old and new, or is it a nocturnal, private, fanciful tale?鈥� Russian-born Pavel Kolesnikov asked these questions and more when he took up the challenge of deciphering one of the undeniable peaks of the piano repertoire, Bach鈥檚 鈥楪oldberg鈥� Variations. And, going by the judgement of The Guardian, which declared that Kolesnikov鈥檚 recent recording of the work 鈥榮tands alone鈥� 鈥� the Russian-born pianist has found some answers. Bach鈥檚 beguiling sequence of a gentle Aria followed by 30 miniature variations was designed 鈥榝or the refreshment of the spirits鈥�, a mindful mix from the 18th century.
There will be no interval.
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