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KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Recital by Margaret Fabrizio on a Clementi Piano (April 27, 1970), 2 of 2

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Event Type
Music
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
SFC.1970.04.27.B
Program Series
San Francisco Chamber Music Society
Program Length
119 min
Part
2 of 2
Dates
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 music
Musical Selections
Sonata No. 15 in C Minor, K. 457 (1784) (21:08) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Rondo a Capriccio in G Major, “Rage over a Lost Penny,” Op. 129 (1795) (6:31) / Ludwig Van Beethoven -- Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 “Moonlight Sonata” [1st movement] (1801) (4:50) / Ludwig Van Beethoven
Performers
Margaret Fabrizio, Clementi piano
Subjects
18th century classical
19th 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 Society
Jackson, Larry
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Fabrizio, Margaret