Early Music Vancouver: Andreas Staier Inaugurates EMV’s Graf Piano with Mozart, Haydn, & Schubert
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Franz Joseph Haydn — Piano Sonata No. 59 in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49, L. 59
Franz Joseph Haydn — Variations in F minor Hob XVII:6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Fantasia in C minor, K. 475
Andreas Staier, fortepiano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Fantasia in C minor, K. 475
Franz Joseph Haydn – Piano Sonata No. 59 in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49, L. 59
Franz Joseph Haydn – Variations in F minor, Hob XVII:6
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major, D. 960
EMV welcomes Andreas Staier, one of the world’s most prominent fortepianists and harpsichordists, to inaugurate the newest member of our instrument collection: a fortepiano modelled on an 1819 instrument by Conrad Graf (1782-1851), built by the world-famous Paul McNulty. Graf did much of his most important work during the short life of Franz Schubert, and although he rose to prominence after W.A. Mozart and F.J. Haydn had died, he was continuing the tradition of Viennese fortepianos with which they were familiar.
The pieces chosen by Staier for this concert are dramatic and colourful, showcasing the wide spectrum of sounds and tones particular to this piano. Haydn’s keyboard pieces are often overlooked compared with those of Mozart and Franz Schubert, but they shouldn’t be. They are full of character and drama. The E-flat Sonata by Haydn and the B-flat sonata by Schubert are among the composers’ very last works and both pieces are thought to be their best keyboard works. Staier’s indisputable mastery will shine in these works inaugurating this newest addition to EMV’s impressive instrument collection.
A free, online recording of this concert will be available from October 27. Broadcast of an in-person event taking place October 20 in Vancouver, BC.
Check back here for streaming info: https://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/events/andreas-staier-inaugurates-emvs-graf-piano-with-mozart-haydn-schubert/