Music – Claudio Zardon

Dec 7, 2016Apr 20, 2017Claudio Zardon

A review of a private hearing of the Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 by Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Vienna 1822 Surprise and wonder If we had only listened to Beethoven’s earlier works –up to say 1808-09, we might have expected an explosive introduction; instead, Beethoven begins this piece with a blurring and undulating legato two note combination, as if resuming from an intimate conversation and rather inexplicably, I feel that I recognise it. […]

Sep 29, 2014Jul 25, 2016Claudio Zardon

Bachfest 2015

Saranno presto disponibili i biglietti per il Bachfest del 2015: Il 1 ottobre inizia la prevendita per gli amici del Bach-Archiv. Il 15 ottobre inizia la vendita per il publico. Leipzig è da visitare non solo per il Bachfest, ecco un recente articolo del New York Times che ha definito Lipsia una “Mecca culturale”: ‘New Berlin’ […]

Sep 24, 2014Jul 25, 2016Claudio Zardon

Info Musica

Amici della musica di Padova Abbonamento “La prima volta con noi” (6 concerti) (riservato a nuovi abbonati o non abbonati da oltre 10 anni) € 60,00 Auditorium C. Pollini (se non indicato diversamente) Martedì 28 ottobre 2014 ore 20:15 STRAVAGANZE ARMONICHE in coproduzione con Teatro Comunale di Monfalcone L’ Estravagante Stefano Montanari, violino Elisa Citterio, […]

May 30, 2013Dec 19, 2015Claudio Zardon

The visual perfection of a Bach fugue

I find that the purity of Bach’s forms are particularly congenial to Stephen Malinokovki’s elaborations. http://www.musanim.com/ Make your own graphical displays with the Music Animation Machine MIDI Player (Windows freeware): http://www.musanim.com/player/

Apr 11, 2013Dec 30, 2017Claudio Zardon

Deus ex machina – Die Stille vor Bach

From Pere Portabella’s 2007 film Die Stille vor Bach (The Silence before Bach) N.B. The title does not imply that there was no worthwhile Music before Bach but that Silence itself was never the same after. It refers to the following poem by Lars Gustafsson The Stillness of the World Before Bach There must have been a world before […]

Jan 26, 2013Jan 27, 2013Claudio Zardon

Classical Concert Calendar

Mar 29, 2012Oct 29, 2014Claudio Zardon

apropos Bach

“For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner. It is not a mechanical routine but something essential to my daily life. I go to the piano, and I play two preludes and fugues of Bach. I cannot think of doing otherwise. It is a sort of benediction on the […]