Epigraph

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa
from "Trionfo del Tempo e della Verità" (arr. for harpsichord solo)
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975): Prelude in C Major, op. 84, no. 1

Spoken Introduction: The Interior World of a Public Musician



Part I: Shostakovich and the Seventeenth Century

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621): Variations Ich fuhr mich über Rheine
Shostakovich: Prelude in B flat Minor, op. 84, no. 13

Claudio Merulo (1533-1604): Toccata (Primo Tuono)
Shostakovich: Fugue in B flat minor, idem

Henry Purcell (1659-1695): When I am laid in earth from "Dido and Aeneas" (arr. for piano solo)
Shostakovich: Prelude in G sharp Minor, op. 84, no. 12

Part II: Shostakovich and Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Prelude in D major from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier
Shostakovich: Prelude in B flat Major, op. 84, no. 21

Bach: Prelude in G Minor from from Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier
Shostakovich: Prelude in B Minor, op. 84, no. 6

Bach: Prelude in D Major from from Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier
Shostakovich: Prelude in A Major, op. 84, no. 7

Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor from from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, op. 84, no. 2

INTERMISSION

Part III: Translations

Bach on the piano—Shostakovich on the harpsichord

Part IV: Shostakovich and Russia

Nicolai Medtner (1880-1951): Russian Tale from Three Tales, op. 42
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, op. 84, no. 20

Epilogue

Handel: Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa from "Trionfo del Tempo e della Verità" (arr. for piano solo)
Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, op. 84, no. 24