JEFFREY KAHANE PIANO

Program

Lecture by Jeffrey Kahane

Intermission

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 - 1750)

Aria with Diverse Variations, BWV 988 "Goldberg Variations" (1741)

Aria

VARIATION 1

VARIATION 2

VARIATION 3:

Canon at the Unison

VARIATION 4

VARIATION 5

VARIATION 6:

Canon at the Second

VARIATION 7: Al tempo di Giga

VARIATION 8

VARIATION 9: Canon at the Third

VARIATION 10: Fughetta

VARIATION 11

VARIATION 12: Canon at the Fourth

VARIATION 13

VARIATION 14

VARIATION 15:

Canon at the Fifth (Andante)

VARIATION 16: Overture

VARIATION 17

VARIATION 18:

Canon at the Sixth

VARIATION 19

VARIATION 20

VARIATION 21: Canon at the Seventh

VARIATION 22: Alla breve

VARIATION 23

VARIATION 24:

Canon at the Octave

VARIATION 25: Adagio

VARIATION 26

VARIATION 27:

Canon at the Ninth

VARIATION 28

VARIATION 29

VARIATION 30: Quodlibet

SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2023 AT 7:30PM

Bram Goldsmith Theater

Running Time: One hour and 50 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission

Recordings available on the SONY, EMI, Telarc, RCA, Nonesuch, Deutsche Grammophon, Virgin Records, Decca/Argo and Haenssler Labels.

JEFFREY KAHANE (Pianist) Equally at home at the piano or on the podium, Jeffrey Kahane is recognized around the world for his mastery of a diverse repertoire ranging from Bach and Mozart to the music of our time.

Mr. Kahane has appeared as soloist and conductor with most of the major US orchestras and is also a popular artist at all of the major US summer festivals. Since making his Carnegie Hall debut in 1983, he has given recitals in many of the nation’s major music centers. Also a highly respected chamber musician, Mr. Kahane collaborates with many of today’s most important chamber ensembles.

In May 2017, Mr. Kahane completed his 20th and final season as Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He is now the orchestra’s Conductor Laureate. He also served as the Music Director of the Colorado Symphony from the 2005/06 season through the 2009/10 season and for ten seasons was Music Director of the Santa Rosa Symphony. In August 2016, he was appointed Music Director of the Sarasota Music Festival and he also served as the orchestra’s Artistic Advisor for two seasons. Recent and upcoming engagements include a fifth play/conduct with the New York Philharmonic as well as play/conducts with the Houston, Indianapolis, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Colorado and San Diego symphonies; concerto appearances with the Toronto, Cincinnati, New World, New Jersey, Oregon and Utah symphonies; and appearances at the Aspen, Mostly Mozart, Oregon Bach and Ravinia festivals.

Mr. Kahane also recently conducted two productions of Kurt Weill’s operas – a rare fully staged production of Weill’s last Broadway opera, Lost in the Stars, during his final LACO season; and a concert version of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny with the Hamburg Symphony in May 2018.

A native of Los Angeles and a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Mr. Kahane was the First Prize winner at the 1983 Rubinstein Competition, a finalist at the 1981 Van Cliburn Competition, and the recipient of a 1983 Avery Fisher Career Grant. An avid linguist who reads fluently in a number of ancient and modern languages, Mr. Kahane received a Master’s Degree in classics from the University of Colorado in 2011. He is currently a Professor of Keyboard Studies at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.

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