Music Matters: Homage to Bach IV ~ Misuzu Tanaka

Homage to Bach III 

Misuzu Tanaka
1886 Chickering concert grand

Bach in the 19th Century
Johann Sebastian Bach

Keyboard Partita No. 2 in c, BWV 826
Three organ chorales, arr. Busoni
Organ prelude in g, BWV 535, arr. Siloti
P&F No. 2 in c, BWV 847 (WTC I)
Two cantata movements, arr. Kempff
Organ P&F in a, BWV 543, transcr. Liszt

Brilliant, deeply sensitive pianist Misuzu Tanaka returns to Stonington to share her lifelong insight into Bach with us. She will play keyboard music that late-19th-century pianists and audiences alike loved and knew intimately. The special art of transcribing and arranging music originally for orchestra or the Baroque organ reached its astonishing height at this time. A special treat will be to hear these moving scores on the sumptuous 1886 Chickering concert grand, on which she has recorded an album of this same music. La Grua’s resonant acoustic will lend this exceptional solo recital wings.

The performance will last under an hour and will run without an intermission.

Tickets $20. Click here to purchase. Seating is not reserved; all seating is first come, first served.  Doors open 1/2 hour before the start of the event. Please note, you do not have to bring a paper ticket to the event; simply give your name to the attendant at the door.

Masks required for all, regardless of vaccination status.