KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Recital by Margaret Fabrizio on a Clementi Piano (April 27, 1970), 1 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
SFC.1970.04.27.AProgram Series
San Francisco Chamber Music SocietyProgram Length
119 minPart
1 of 2Dates
1970-04-27 | broadcast| 1970-04-27 | created
Description
The sound of another era can be heard as Margaret Fabrizio performs on a piano built by Muzio Clementi, and used by Mozart and Beethoven. The instrument was restored by Bjarne Dahl after being brought to the San Francisco Bay Area as a furniture antique and is now part of the Frank V. de Bellis Collection. Fabrizio performs a selection of period specific music by C. P. E. Bach, Ludwig Beethoven and Wolfgang Mozart, as well as one work attributed to the builder himself, Muzio Clementi. During the intermission of this live recording we hear a pre-recorded interview with Bjarne Dahl, in which he relates the history of the instrument as well as describing the restoration process in detail. Ms. Fabrizio also relates the challenges she faced playing on such an historical instrument and how she approached it in much the may she imagined it was at the time of its building, namely playing it as if it were the more familiar harpsichord. This program was recorded live and in stereo at the the Fireman’s Fund Theater in San Francisco on April 27, 1970.Note: Two of the works listed may be misidentified or simply sound different due to the historical quality of the Clementi piano
Genres
Classical musicMusical Selections
Fantasia No. 2 in C Major, H. 291, W. 61, No. 6 (1785-86) (5:26) / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach --Sonata in G Minor, Op. 40, No. 2 [possibly misidentified, perhaps in B Minor] (20:35) / Muzio Clementi -- Fantasia No. 4 (Capriccio) in C Major, Hob. XVII: 4 (1789) (6:49) / Joseph Haydn -- Sonata No. 13 in E Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1 [possibly misidentified] (1801) (8:48) / Ludwig Van BeethovenPerformers
Margaret Fabrizio, Clementi pianoSubjects
18th century classical19th century classical
Piano music
Sonatas (Piano)
Related places
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
San Francisco Chamber Music SocietyJackson, Larry
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Clementi, Muzio, 1752-1832
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Fabrizio, Margaret
Dahl, Bjarne