Program

Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Aria

Variation 1

Variation 2

Variation 3 – Canone all'unisuono

Variation 4

Variation 5

Variation 7 – Al tempo di giga

Variation 8

Variation 9 – Canone alla terza

Variation 10 – Fughetta

Variation 11

Variation 12 – Canone alla quarta

Variation 14

Variation 15 – Canone alla quinta : Andante

Variation 16 – Overture

Variation 17

Variation 18 – Canone alla sesta

Variation 19

Variation 20

Variation 21 – Canone alla settima

Variation 22 – Alla breve

Variation 23

Variation 24 – Canone all'ottava

Variation 26

Variation 28

Variation 30 – Quodlibet

Aria da capo

Isaac Albéniz, Tango

Joaquín Turina, Danzas Gitanas

2. Danza de la seducción

Isaac Albéniz, Mallorca, Op. 202

The Mélisande Duo plays Bach's Goldberg Variations

And three Spanish pieces for two guitars

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Cast

Duo Mélisande

Sébastien Llinares — Guitar

Nicolas Lestoquoy — Guitar

Program notes

Two virtuoso guitarists present a program divided into two very eclectic parts. The first part, an audacious arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, composed for harpsichord and frequently performed on all types of keyboard instruments, reveals with apparent simplicity the incredible flexibility of Bach’s music, whose musical rhetoric transcends the differences between instruments. The second part provides a strong contrast to the Variations with three pieces from another period and in another style by Albéniz and Turina, completing a recital marked by the magical lyricism of this remarkable duo.

A closer look: featured composers

Isaac Albéniz

Johann Sebastian Bach

Further listening: featured works

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer)