Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1370060 By Johann Sebastian Bach and VĆkingur Ćlafsson. By Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Flavio Regis Cunha. Baroque,Classical,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 4 pages. Flavio Regis Cunha #954434. Published by Flavio Regis Cunha (A0.1370060). J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 30 (as played by VĆkingur Ćlafsson) for PianoAdvanced Intermediate. Format: Concert, 9 x 12 inches. 2 pages. PLUS: Engraved and Published with Urtext Kapellmeister Music Fonts.Celebrated for his visionary interpretations of J.S. Bach, VĆkingur Ćlafsson, one of the greatest pianists and musical minds of today, now embraces Bachās monumental Goldberg Variations. Ćlafsson devotes his entire next season to touring the work globally across six continents, while October 2023 marks the anticipated album release on Deutsche Grammophon. āI have dreamed of recording this work for 25 years,ā says the Icelandic pianist.Ā The album follows Ćlafssonās hugely successful DG recording of works by the composer, Johann Sebastian Bach (2018), which won BBC Music magazineās Album of the Year, Opus Klassikās Solo Recital award, numerous other recording of the year accolades and led to him being named Gramophone magazineās Artist of the Year. Now Ćlafsson brings his unique musical vision, and an affecting, meticulous recorded sound to Bachās masterpiece. It marks the first time Ćlafsson records a complete work and he begins with one of the most demanding in the piano repertoire.Ā ĆlafssonāÆdedicates hisāÆ2023-24 season to aāÆGoldberg Variations world tour, performing the work across six continents throughout the year. He brings Bachās masterpiece to major concert halls includingāÆLondonās Southbank Centre,āÆNew Yorkās Carnegie Hall, WienerāÆKonzerthaus, PhilharmonieāÆde Paris, Tokyoās Suntory Hall,āÆPhilharmonie Berlin,āÆHarpaāÆConcert Hall, Sydney Opera House, LAās Walt Disney Hall, Sala SĆ£o Paulo,āÆShanghai Symphony Hall, TonhalleāÆZurich, KKL Luzern,āÆAlte OperāÆFrankfurt,āÆMupaāÆBudapest and Teatro Colón,āÆto name a few.Ā āThe Goldberg Variations contain some of the most virtuosic keyboard music ever written, some of the most astonishingly brilliant uses of counterpoint in the repertoire and countless instances of exalted poetry, abstract contemplation and deep pathos ā all within immaculately shaped structures of formal perfection. In 30 variations, built on the humble harmonic framework of a simple, graceful aria, Bach turns limited material into boundless variety like no one before or since. He is the greatest keyboard virtuoso of his time.ā comments VĆkingur Ćlafsson.
