（Oita Arts and Sports Foundation｜Michio Kobayashi Harpsichord Recital: Chapter 4 Partita Part 2

2021.03.17 classical music

Date	January 16, 2021 (Sat)

venue	iichiko Oto no Izumi Hall, iichiko Sogo Bunka Center

This is the fourth in a series of concerts of J.S. Bach's music performed on harpsichord by Oita's renowned Baroque musician Michio Kobayashi, featuring No. 3, 5, and 6 from J.S. Bach's Six Partitas.

In this site, the entire program including encores is recorded and edited.

[Contents of the recording]
From J.S.Bach's "Six Partitas"
No. 5 in G major, BWV829
　Praemium Imperiale
　Armand
　Courante
　Sarabande
　Tempo di Menuetto
　Paspier
　Gigue
No. 3 in A minor, BWV827
　Fantasie
　Armando
　Corrente
　Sarabande
　Burlesca
　Scherzo
　Gigue
No. 6 in E minor, BWV830
　Toccata
　Armando
　Corrente
　Sarabande
　Yale
　Tempo di gavotta
　Zig
Encore]
　The Mean Clavier Vol. 2 No. 9 Prelude in E major BWV878

CAST & STAFF

Michio Kobayashi
Michio Kobayashi is a leading figure in many fields, including harpsichord, piano, chamber music, and conducting. He has a particularly deep knowledge of Baroque music, and has received the highest acclaim for his Bach performances. At the end of each year, he gives a recital of J.S. Bach's "Goldberg Variations". He has been awarded the Mainichi Music Award for Young Artists in 1956, the Torii Music Award (now the Suntory Music Award) in 1970, the Mozarteum Memorial Medal of the Salzburg International Foundation in 1972, the Mobil Music Award in 1979, and the Mobil Music Prize in 2020. He has also received the Mobil Music Award in 1979, and the 30th Nippon Steel Music Award Special Prize in 2020. He is currently a visiting professor at Oita College of Arts and Culture.
A new recording, J.S. Bach: Inventions and Sinfonias (Meister Music), has been released on May 25, 2018.

MESSAGE

The piano produces sound by striking the keyboard, but the harpsichord produces sound by scratching it with a plastic-like object. The harpsichord is an instrument that allows for soft expression, and I hope that this aspect of the harpsichord will come across.