The other Goldberg

Torino / Tuesday 21 September 2021

Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi / at 07:00 PM

Concert programme by Renato Meucci

So often “standard” transcriptions make it possible to merely play the same piece on different instruments. But here, the work of Rheinberger, later revisited by Reger, preserves the spirit of Bach. Immersed in Romanticism, it is brought to the modern age thanks to ingenious illumination.

Johann Sebastian Bach Variazioni Goldberg BWV 988 Transcription for two pianos by Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger revised by Max Reger.

Duo Tal & Groethuysen

Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen, pianos