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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Bach and Scarlatti - harpsichord greats

Bach and Scarlatti - harpsichord greats

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Bach and Scarlatti - harpsichord greats

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, harpsichordist Jean Rondeau plays Bach and Scarlatti.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, harpsichordist Jean Rondeau plays sonatas by Scarlatti and works by JS Bach, including Brahms's transcription of the chaconne from Partita No 2.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London, the young French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau plays six typically quirky and original sonatas by Scarlatti and works by JS Bach, including Brahms's left-hand transcription of the great Chaconne from the Second Partita for solo violin.

Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Bach: Prelude from Partita in C minor, BWV997; Fantasia in C minor, BWV906
Scarlatti: Sonatas in C, Kk132; in A minor, Kk175; in A, Kk208; in D, Kk119
Bach (after Marcello): Adagio from Concerto in D minor, BWV974
Scarlatti: Sonatas in F, Kk6; in F minor, Kk481
Bach, arr. Brahms: Chaconne from the Violin Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)

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