BBS: Program for October 3, 2009
Simone Dinnerstein, piano Twelve Variations on a Chorale by J.S. Bach by Philip Lasser, b. 1963 "Nimm von una, Herr, du Treuer Gott" (Cantata #101) Variation 1: Sempre espressivo e molto legato Variation 2: Più vivo Variation 3: Più vivo - Sempre leggero e poco staccato Variation 4: Evenly, maintaining a strange disembodied expressivity Variation 5: Largo Variation 6: Allegro vivace Variation 7: Robusto Variation 8: Maestoso Variation 9: Largo Variation 10: Presto, quasi una Toccata Variation 11: Variation of Variations - Allegro Amabile Variation 12: Andante con moto French Suite No. 5 in G- major BWV 816 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Allemande Courante Sarabande Gavotte Bourreé Loure Gigue The Well-tempered Clavier, Book II: by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872 Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major, BWV 878 Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Allegro Adagio Allegro
The Berkshire Bach Society once again demonstrates that JS Bach is an inexhaustible figure about whom we never cease to discover new perspectives. Performing on the modern grand piano, Simone Dinnerstein offers a thoughtful program that presents Bach as seen through several different lenses: the sociable domestic musician (and parent of musicians), the great and learned teacher, the performing virtuoso, and the inspiration for composers of subsequent generations. Ms. Dinnerstein is known for her colorful, intelligent, and deeply felt performances of a wide range of piano literature. Both her recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and her second solo album, “The Berlin Concert,” topped the Billboard Classical Chart in their first weeks on sale. “The Berlin Concert” includes two works (Bach’s French Suite No. 5 and a piece inspired by Bach written by American composer Philip Lasser) that Ms. Dinnerstein will perform on this concert.

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