EPISODE · Nov 8, 2022 · 52 MIN
Justin Bird presents Sauerkraut and Bonbons, 18 August
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Justin Bird, Auckland born pianist, returns to the stage to present an offering of German and French piano music. After a decade of studies in the US he returned to NZ in 2018 taking a hiatus from performing to build a studio of piano students. Now performing again - his first foray features German masterpieces by Bach, Schubert, and Schumann pitted side by side with elegant French bonbons by Chabrier and Faure for a sandwich of beautifully balanced music. Toccata and Fugue in D minor J. S. Bach / Busoni Nocturne No. 4 Gabriel Faure Klavierstücke No. 1, D.946 Franz Schubert Menuet Pompeaux Emmanual Chabrier Kinderszenen Robert Schumann Of foreign lands and people A curious story Blind mans bluff Pleading child Happy enough An important event Dreaming At the fireside Knight of the hobbyhorse Almost too serious Frightening Child falling asleep The Poet speaks
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Justin Bird, Auckland born pianist, returns to the stage to present an offering of German and French piano music. After a decade of studies in the US he returned to NZ in 2018 taking a hiatus from performing to build a studio of piano students. Now performing again - his first foray features German masterpieces by Bach, Schubert, and Schumann pitted side by side with elegant French bonbons by Chabrier and Faure for a sandwich of beautifully balanced music. Toccata and Fugue in D minor J. S. Bach / Busoni Nocturne No. 4 Gabriel Faure Klavierstücke No. 1, D.946 Franz Schubert Menuet Pompeaux Emmanual Chabrier Kinderszenen Robert Schumann Of foreign lands and people A curious story Blind mans bluff Pleading child Happy enough An important event Dreaming At the fireside Knight of the hobbyhorse Almost too serious Frightening Child falling asleep The Poet speaks
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