29/5/2009

Résumé of the Scarlatti versus Händel challenge

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Clearly neither of these two great composers could fully reveal his arsenal before the musical dual. Consequently, it is only now, after the dust has settled following this furious Baroque battle, that we can, as a supplement to the programme booklet, present a list of the compositions heard this evening. We trust you will not feel it an affront, for we are sure that you recognized each and every piece!

Overture

Johann Sebastian Bach: Allegro con spirito
from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
(transcription for two pianos by Max Reger)

Dances

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K 64 (Michelangelo Carbonara)

Georg Friedrich Händel: Gavotta
from Suite No. 8 in G major, HWV 441
in Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin, vol. 2, 1733 (Cédric Pescia)

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in F major, K 296 (Michelangelo Carbonara)

Georg Friedrich Händel: Sarabande
from Suite No. 4 in D minor, HWV 437
in Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin, vol. 2, 1733 (Cédric Pescia)

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in B major, K 262 (Michelangelo Carbonara) Johann Sebastian Bach: Gigue
from Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 (Cédric Pescia)

Challenge 1 in variation style

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K 61 (Michelangelo Carbonara)

Georg Friedrich Händel: Passacaille from Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432
in The Eight Great Suites I, 1720 (Cédric Pescia)

Challenge 2 in fugue style

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K 417 (Michelangelo Carbonara)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Fuga b moll Fugue in B flat minor
from the Well Tempered Clavier I, BWV 867 (Cédric Pescia)

Challenge 3 in humouristic style

Bernardo Pasquini: Toccata con lo scherzo del cucco (Michelangelo Carbonara)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Variace č. 30 Variation No. 30 „Quodlibet“
from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Cédric Pescia)

Challenge 4 in the style of fantasy

Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata fantasia d moll in D minor (Michelangelo Carbonara)

Dietrich Buxtehude: Praeludium and Fugue in G minor, BuxWV 163 (Cédric Pescia)

Challenge 5 in improvising style

Finale

Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata, K 380
(transcription for two pianos)

Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 3, No. 2, HWV 313
Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 3, No. 5, HWV 316
excerpts (transcription for two pianos)