VofM version of Cazzati:
There’s so much I don’t actually like below, none of it to do with the tune or the player … I’m more for the orchestral version. Plus I’m more harpsichord in ensemble … but one can still smile at this:
“Legend has it that Scarlatti had a pet cat called Pulcinella, who was described by the composer as prone to walking across the keyboard.”
I find the piano too harsh in isolation, except for boogie-woogie, where it is, of course, de rigeur. However, this lady does marvellously, plus we have some dyed-in-the-wool pianophiles and a few asked for more piano.
So:
My mum liked to play this Hungarian Rhapsody piece – I grew up with it – then went round the houses and eventually back to classical
meantime…
”J S Bach was a scientist and a mathematician who chose to express himself through music”
Why We Love Bach ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfpd_mE3Ba4
or ”Eric Dollard: The Science and Metaphysics of Bach’s Music” on YT.