On Dec 1 at 23.35, watch Francesco’s premiere concert of Goldberg City Variations recorded at the Bach Festival in Köthen on German channel MDR.
The recording of Francesco Tristano is particularly ambitious. He developed a visualization for the sound of the Goldberg Variations, he understood Bach’s music as an architectural utopia. The idea for this project goes back to the composer and architect lannis Xenakis and his idea of a “cosmic city”.
In their first collaboration, they create an original and complementary program, where the Shostakovich-Schnittke binomial is intense and their “Vivaldi 2.0” is lively and refreshing. Also, they will be joined by Jean-Daniel Hégé on double bass, and will be playing the ‘Four Seasons’, renamed as ‘Jazzcursions’ for this ocassion, which will surely surprise as well as seduce by their refinement and spontaneity.
The program includes Quartet nº1 in Major D op.49 from Dimitri Chostakovich, Piano Quintet for piano and quartet of Alfred Schnittke and The Four Seasons of Antonio Vivaldi with a free interpretation by Francesco Tristano for piano, quartet, chords and double bass.
You can get your ticket here
Golberg City Variations mixes the fantasy of Xenakis, the greek pioneer who imagined the future of urban re development, with Bach’s variation.
The program includes Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (original and edited by Francesco Tristano).
Tickets here.
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