BBC Proms 2015 – Bach – Goldberg Variations(proms 50)

Prom 50: Bach – Goldberg Variations
22.08.2015, 22.15pm, Royal Albert Hall
Sir András Schiff brings Bach’s monumental work for solo keyboard to the Royal Albert Hall. Join the great pianist on a voyage through this masterpiece.

Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach ‘Goldberg’ Variations
(71 mins)

Performers
Sir András Schiff piano

About this event

Grammy Award-winning pianist Sir András Schiff is a titan of the keyboard, bringing his distinctive blend of clarity and authority to repertoire from Bach to Bartók. Tonight he continues his long association with Bach’s music in a performance of the composer’s ‘Goldberg’ Variations – a monumental work composed, according to its title-page, ‘for the refreshment of the spirits’. The resulting Aria and variations are a compositional wonder, a sequence of musical miniatures unequalled in all Bach’s output.