Program

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  Epigraph
  

  George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa
               from "Trionfo del Tempo e della Verità" (arr. for harpsichord solo)
  Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975): Prelude in C Major, op. 84, no. 1

   

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  Spoken Introduction: The Interior World of a Public Musician
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part I: Shostakovich and the Seventeenth Century
  

  Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621): Variations Ich fuhr mich über Rheine
  Shostakovich: Prelude in B flat Minor, op. 84, no. 13

  Claudio Merulo (1533-1604): Toccata (Primo Tuono)
  Shostakovich: Fugue in B flat minor, idem

  Henry Purcell (1659-1695): When I am laid in earth from "Dido and Aeneas" (arr. for piano solo)
  Shostakovich: Prelude in G sharp Minor, op. 84, no. 12

   

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  Part II: Shostakovich and Bach
  

  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Prelude in D major from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier
  Shostakovich: Prelude in B flat Major, op. 84, no. 21

  Bach: Prelude in G Minor from from Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier
  Shostakovich: Prelude in B Minor, op. 84, no. 6

  Bach: Prelude in D Major from from Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier
  Shostakovich: Prelude in A Major, op. 84, no. 7

  Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor from from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier
  Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, op. 84, no. 2

   

• INTERMISSION
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  Part III: Translations
  

  Bach on the piano—Shostakovich on the harpsichord

   

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  Part IV: Shostakovich and Russia
  

  Nicolai Medtner (1880-1951): Russian Tale from Three Tales, op. 42
  Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, op. 84, no. 20

   

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  Epilogue
  

  Handel: Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa from "Trionfo del Tempo e della Verità" (arr. for piano solo)
  Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, op. 84, no. 24