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Pianist Keelan Carew explores the history of piano playing, from the genteel drawing rooms of Jane Austen novels, to Beethoven's radical re-evaluation of the instrument.

What is a piano? How does it work? How did it differ from earlier keyboard instruments?

Pianist Keelan Carew explores the invention of the pianoforte and the innovation that changed everything, giving the player the ability to vary the dynamics in the way you strike the keys.

In this episode Keelan talks about how the piano became fashionable in people's homes in the 18th century - what would a Jane Austen adaptation be without a Bennett sister playing some Mozart on a piano? He will also look into the different styles in music written for the piano as it progressed technically, finishing with Beethoven, whose innovations pushed the instrument into completely new spheres.

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 4 Dec 2022 23:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 16 in C 'Sonata facile', K 545 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Robert Levin.
    • ECM.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV.846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • DECCA.

  • Charles Gounod

    Meditation sur le 1er prelude de Bach [Ave Maria]

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Performer: Cinzia Maurizio. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Sospiri: Cecilia Bartoli.
    • Decca.
    • 18.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C major

    Music Arranger: Ward Swingle. Ensemble: The Swingle Singers.
    • DECCA.

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Evita: Don't Cry for me Argentina

    Orchestra: Orchestra.
    • WARNER.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude (Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846)

    Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • DECCA.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Rameau: Suite in G Major, VI. Les sauvages

    Performer: Grigory Sokolov.
    • DG.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Chaconne and Variations in G major HWV.435

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 22 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rudolf Serkin. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Juli (July), from Das Jahr (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • SONY.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 29 'Hammerklavier (4th mvt)

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • WARNER.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 Dec 2022 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3