A pillar of the Kalamazoo musical community, Lori Sims returns to The Gilmore for a recital on piano and harpsichord, demonstrating how the harpsichord and Baroque musical forms can be updated and reworked in a modern context. Opening with J.S. Bach’s Partita for keyboard No. 6, Sims then jumps to works by two of the 20th century’s most important composers, György Ligeti and Sofia Gubaidulina, who both fused traditional Baroque forms—the Passacaglia and the Chaconne—with their distinctly modern musical languages. Ligeti’s dizzyingly intricate works for harpsichord push the instrument to its limits.
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Program
S. GUBAIDULINA
- Chaconne
J.S. BACH
- Partita No. 6 in E Minor BWV 830
G. LIGETI
- Passacaglia Ungherese
- Hungarian Rock
- Etudes, Book I, No. 5 “Arc-en-Ciel”
S. GUBAIDULINA
- Piano Sonata (1962)
About This Event
Genre
Solo Piano
Parking
Parking Ramp, Surface Lot
Duration
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Intermission
Coffee and Cookies
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With Thanks
Performance Sponsors
Janet and Arthur Riley