The 2012-2013 St. Stephen Special Series presents . . .
Johann Sebastian Bach’s,
Goldberg Variations (BWV 988)
(Transcribed by Dmitry Sitkovetsky)
Ivo Ivanov, violin
Misha Galaganov, viola
Jesús Castro-Balbi, cello
April 22, 2013 (Monday) – 7:30 p.m.
– Free Admission –
Written for a 2-manual harpsichord, and first published in 1741, this transcription of Bach’s monumental masterpiece was published in 1985 by Doblinger. It was premiered October 1993 by New European Strings Chamber Orchestra, in Hamburg with Sitkovetsky performing first-solo violin.
The “Goldberg Variations” (BWV 988) consist of an aria followed by 30 variations, employing a variety of compositional forms: canon, passacaglia, fugue, sarabande, passepied, gigue, toccata, French Overture, allemande and concluding with a juxtaposition of German folk songs in variation 30 (Quodlibet). Named after Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727-1756) a young virtuoso harpsichordist, it is likely Goldberg was the first to perform the work.
Ivo Ivanov has been a member of the Ft. Worth Symphony since 1997. Born in Rousse, Bulgaria, he began studying violin at the age of 6. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from the State Academy of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria. Moving to the United States, he continued his study at SMU earning a Master’s degree studying with Emanuel Borok.
Misha Galaganov is Chair of Strings and Associate Professor of viola at TCU. Early piano study began at the age of 5 with his mother and violin at age 6 with his father. He holds an Artist Certificate from SMU and a DMA from Rice University.
Jesús Castro-Balbi was raised in France and is a graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur at Lyon; Indiana University at Bloomington; Yale; and earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at The Juilliard School.
St. Stephen Presbyterian Church
(located at 2700 McPherson Avenue, in the T. C. U. area of Fort Worth)
For more information, call Mark Scott at (817) 927-8411
This program has been underwritten by Roland and Ann Kelley; Nikolas, James and William Ivanov (in memory of Dr. William Henry Barris); and Gerald Thiel.