JUSTIN TAYLOR – ‘GOLDBERG VARIATIONS’
May 23, 2020
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This Concert has been cancelled due to the Corona virus pandemic. Capriccio looks forward to presenting Justin Taylor at a future date.
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The exquisite Goldberg Variations are amongst J.S. Bach’s most-loved works. Justin Taylor’s performances of this work in Europe have received great acclaim. He makes his debut performance of this work in the U.S. at Capriccio. Please note: this concert will be performed without intermission.
THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS, BWV 988
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria
Variatio 1 a 1 Clav.
Variatio 2 a 1 Clav.
Variatio 3 a 1 Clav. Canone all’Unisuono
Variatio 4 a 1 Clav.
Variatio 5 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
Variatio 6 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Seconda
Variatio 7 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav. Al tempo di Giga
Variatio 8 a 2 Clav
Variatio 9 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Terza
Variatio 10 a 1 Clav. Fughetta
Variatio 11 a 2 Clav.
Variatio 12 a 1 Clav. Canone all Quarta
Variatio 13 a 2 Clav.
Variatio 14 a 2 Clav.
Variatio 15 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Quinta
Variatio 16 a 1 Clav. Ouverture
Variatio 17 a 2 Clav.
Variatio 18 a 1 Clav. Canone alla Sesta
Variatio 19 a 1 Clav.
Variatio 20 a 2 Clav.
Variatio 21 a 1 Clav. Canone all Settima
Variatio 22 a 2 Clav.
Variatio 24 a 1 Clav. Canone all’Ottava
Variatio 25 a 2 Clav.
Variatio 26 a 2 Clav.
Variatio 27 a 2 Clav. Canone alla Nona
Variatio 28 a 2 Clav.
Variatio 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.
Variatio 30 a 1 Clav. Quodlibet
Aria da capo
At the age of just twenty-three the Franco-American musician JUSTIN TAYLOR won First Prize at the prestigious International Musica Antiqua Harpsichord Competition in Bruges (2015) as well as the Audience Prize, the Alpha Prize, and the EUBO Developing Trust Prize awarded to the most promising young European musician. He was later one of the three finalists in the “Instrumental Soloist Revelations” category in the 2017 “Victoires de la Musique”. That same year, the Professional Critics Association awarded him the “Musical Revelation of the Year” Prize.
Since he was a child, Justin Taylor has played both the piano and the harpsichord with passion. After studying both instruments in Angers, his hometown, he continued his studies, at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris, studying with Roger Muraro for piano, and Olivier Baumont and Blandine Rannou for harpsichord.
Justin Taylor already has more than ten recordings. His first solo disc, La Famille Forqueray: Portrait(s) (Alpha Classics, 2016), received worldwide praise and was awarded a Gramophone Editor’s Choice, a “Choc de l’année” from Classica magazine, and a Grand Prix from the Charles Cros Academy. His second solo disc, Continuum (Alpha Classics, 2018), devoted to Scarlatti and Ligeti, was chosen by the newspaper Le Monde as one of the top 5 classical discs of 2018. As gifted at the fortepiano as at the harpsichord, he has recorded Mozart’s 17th concerto (K 453) with Le Concert de la Loge (a disc that received a “Choc” from Classica). He was also chosen to record a double disc of previously unknown or little-known Bach works for the BACH 333 collected works issued by Deutsche Grammophon in 2018. He has given solo concerts at the Louvre Auditorium, at the Roque d’Anthéron Festival, at the “Folles Journées” in Nantes, and in countless European cities. During the 2019-2020 season, he will give his first concert in Japan (Tokyo, Oji Hall) and return to the United States (Washington D.C., San Diego), where he also gave a concert in 2018. He has played with many orchestras, including the National Orchestra of Île-de-France, the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of Picardie, and the Mannheim Philharmonic Orchestra.
Justin Taylor has also been very engaged in chamber music repertory. With his ensemble, Le Consort, he won First Prize in 2017 at the Loire Valley International Early Music Competition overseen by jury president William Christie. With the mezzo-soprano Eva Zaïcik, the ensemble recently recorded its first disc for Alpha Classics: Venez chère ombre, devoted to French cantatas. This disc has already received a “Choc” from Classica and is among the “Choices” of France Musique, the national music public radio station. The ensemble’s second disc, the collected trio sonatas of Jean-François Dandrieu, will appear in September 2019 (Opus 1, Alpha Classics). Le Consort is in residency at the Banque de France and the Singer-Polignac Foundation. Justin Taylor records exclusively for Alpha Classics and is sponsored by the Safran Foundation.
What the Reviewers say:
Justin Taylor has “… a clear, brilliant, dynamic way of playing, ever in movement, ever inventive.” La Libre Belgique
Justin Taylor is “…an artist of fluid, flawless technique, bold ideas, and …much sensitivity…” Classics Today
“…a luminosity and deep poetry emerges from Taylor’s performance” concert classic
