PRELUDE 7 PM Lecture by Kristi Brown Montesano
The Sublime “Goldbergs” Always the same, always different. The essence of Bach’s Goldberg Variations turns on this fundamental tension: a perpetual bass line connecting the initial aria melody with thirty astonishingly inventive variations. While surveying the fascinating architecture of this work, this presentation will also consider how the Goldberg Variations played a crucial role in popularizing Bach during the twentieth century.
LANG LANG, piano FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2022 · 8 PM BALBOA THEATRE
SCHUMANN Arabeske in C Major, Opus 18 (1810–1856)
J.S. BACH
(1685–1750)
La Jolla Music Society’s 2021-22 Season is supported by The Conrad Prebys Foundation, The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Banc of California, The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ProtoStar Foundation, Vail Memorial Fund, ResMed Foundation, Bright Events Rentals, Ace Parking, Brenda Baker and Steve Baum, Raffaella and John Belanich, Gordon Brodfuehrer, Mary Ellen Clark, Joy Frieman, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Dorothea Laub, Jeanette Stevens, Debra Turner, Bebe and Marvin Zigman. Lang Lang is managed by: Columbia Artists Music LLC 1500 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10019 www.camimusic.com General Manager: Jean-Jacques Cesbron Lang Lang is an Exclusive Recording Artist of Universal Music Group and Deutsche Grammophon www.langlangofficial.com, www.langlangfoundation.org, www.facebook.com/langlangpiano and www.twitter.com/lang_lang
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Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Aria Variation 1 Variation 2 Variation 3 Canone all’ Unisono Variation 4 Variation 5 Variation 6 Canone alla Seconda Variation 7 al tempo di Giga Variation 8 Variation 9 Canone alla Terza Variation 10 Fughetta Variation 11 Variation 12 Canone alla Quarta Variation 13 Variation 14 Variation 15 Canone alla Qunita Variation 16 Ouverture Variation 17 Variation 18 Canone alla Sesta Variation 19 Variation 20
Variation 21 Canone alla Settima Variation 22 Variation 23 Variation 24 Canone all’ Ottava Variation 25 Variation 26 Variation 27 Canone alla Nona Variation 28 Variation 29 Variation 30 Quodlibet Aria
NO INTERMISSION Lang Lang last performed for La Jolla Music Society in a Special Event on January 21, 2007.
JOLLA MUSIC SOCIETY · 2021-22 SEASON
