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Simone Dinnerstein Plays Bach

BACH IN PERSPECTIVE: The Berkshire Bach Society once again demonstrates that JS Bach is an inexhaustible figure about whom we never cease to discover new perspectives. Performing on the modern grand piano, Simone Dinnerstein offers a thoughtful program that presents Bach as seen through several different lenses: the sociable domestic musician (and parent of musicians), the great and learned teacher, the performing virtuoso, and the inspiration for composers of subsequent generations. Ms. Dinnerstein is known for her colorful, intelligent, and deeply felt performances of a wide range of piano literature. Both her recording of Bachs Goldberg Variations and her second solo album, The Berlin Concert, topped the Billboard Classical Chart in their first weeks on sale. The Berlin Concert includes two works (Bachs French Suite No. 5 and a piece inspired by Bach written by American composer Philip Lasser) that Ms. Dinnerstein will perform on this concert.......

THE PROGRAM:

Simone Dinnerstein, piano. ....

Philip Lasser (b. 1963)
Twelve Variations on a Chorale by J.S. Bach
"Nimm von uns, Herr, du Treuer Gott" (Cantata 101)
Chorale: "Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott"
Variation 1: Sempre espressivo e molto legato
Variation 2: Pi vivo
Variation 3: Pi vivo - Sempre leggero e poco staccato
Variation 4: Evenly, maintaining a strange disembodied expressivity
Variation 5: Largo
Variation 6: Allegro vivace
Variation 7: Robusto
Variation 8: Maestoso
Variation 9: Largo
Variation 10: Presto, quasi una Toccata
Variation 11: Variation of Variations - Allegro Amabile
Variation 12: Andante con moto

Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750)
French Suite No. 5 in G- major BWV 816
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte
Bourre
Loure
Gigue

~Intermission~

Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750)
The Well-tempered Clavier, Book II:
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872
Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878

Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro