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Clare Hammond on Variations
3rd Mar 2021
The pianist talks about her new album, that sees her draw together numerous different sets of variations from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Dame Gillian Weir at 80
28th Jan 2021
The internationally-renowned organist looks back on her career as she reaches her 80th birthday – discussing the organ's place as a solo instrument, her association with the music of Messiaen, Sir Malcolm Sargent and more.
All Composers: Variations
- Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827)
- Britten, Benjamin (1913–76)
- Chopin, Frédéric François (1810–49)
- Copland, Aaron (1900–90)
- Fauré, Gabriel Urbain (1845–1924)
- Horowitz, Vladimir (1903–89)
- Kodály, Emma (1863–1958)
- Liadov, Anatol (1855–1914)
- Lieberson, Peter (1946–2011)
- Matthews, David (b.1943)
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–91)
- Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860–1941)
- Rachmaninoff, Sergey Vassilievich (1873–1943)
- Schumann, Clara (1819–96)
- Schumann, Robert (1810–56)
- Shapey, Ralph (1921–2002)
- Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562–1621)
- Szymanowski, Karol (1882–1937)
- Vorpsi, Pellumb (b.1957)
- Walker, George (1922–2018)
All Works: Variations
- Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120 (186)
- Beethoven: Variations (10) in B-flat major on the duet 'La stessa, la stessissima' from the opera Falstaff by Antonio Salieri, WoO 73 (35)
- Beethoven: Variations (12) on a Russian Dance, WoO 71 (45)
- Beethoven: Variations (12) on the 'Menuet à la Vigano' by Haibel, WoO 68 (20)
- Beethoven: Variations (13) on the Arietta 'Es war ein alter Mann', WoO 66 (24)
- Beethoven: Variations (24) on Righini's Arietta 'Venni amore,' WoO 65 (28)
- Beethoven: Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80 (154)
- Beethoven: Variations (6) in F major on a Swiss Song, WoO 64 (36)
- Beethoven: Variations (6) in G major on the duet 'Nel cor più non mi sento' from the opera La Molinara by Giovanni Paisiello, WoO 70 (31)
- Beethoven: Variations (6) on an original theme 'Die Ruinen von Athen', Op. 76 (43)
- Beethoven: Variations (6) on an original theme in G major for Piano, WoO 77 (31)
- Beethoven: Variations (7) on the Quartet 'Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen', WoO 75 (15)
- Beethoven: Variations (8) in F major on Tändeln und Scherzen (by Süssmayr), WoO 76 (20)
- Beethoven: Variations (8) on the Romance 'Une fièvre brûlante', WoO 72 (27)
- Beethoven: Variations (9) on a March by Dressler, WoO 63 (27)
- Beethoven: Variations (9) on the Aria 'Quant' è più bello', WoO 69 (27)
- Britten: Variations for piano solo (3)
- Chopin: Hexaméron KKIIb/2 (3)
- Copland: Piano Variations (41)
- Fauré: Thème & Variations, Op. 73 (37)
- Horowitz, V: Variations on a Theme from Bizet's Carmen (41)
- Kodály, E: Variations for Piano (1)
- Liadov: Variations on a Polish folk theme, Op. 51 (10)
- Lieberson, P: Piano Variations (1)
- Matthews, D: Variations for Piano, Op. 72 (1)
- Mozart: Acht Variationen in F-Dur, K613 ("Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding") (21)
- Mozart: Sechs Variationen in F-Dur über die Arie 'Salve tu, Domine' aus der Oper I filosofi immaginarii (Giovanni Paisiello) K398 (416e) (28)
- Mozart: Sechs Variationen in G-Dur, K180 ("Mio caro Adone") (21)
- Mozart: Sieben Variationen in D, K25 über das holländische Lied "Willem van Nassau" (16)
- Mozart: Variationen (8) in G-Dur, K24 ('Laat ons Juichen, Batavieren!') (18)
- Mozart: Variations (12) in E flat major on "La belle Françoise", K353/300f (45)
- Mozart: Variations (12) in G major on 'La Bergère Célimène, K374a (K359) (32)
- Mozart: Variations (6) in F on an Allegretto, K54 (21)
- Mozart: Variations (8) in F major on "Dieu d'amour" from Les mariages samnites by André Grétry K352/374c (31)
- Mozart: Variations (9) in C major on a theme by Nicolas Dezede ‘Lison dormait' K264 (27)
- Mozart: Zwölf Variationen in B-Dur über ein Allegretto, K500 (25)
- Mozart: Zwölf Variationen in C-Dur über ein Menuett von Johann Christian Fischer K179 (189a) (17)
- Mozart: Zwölf Variationen in Es-Dur, K354 (299a) über die Romanze 'Je suis Lindor' aus der Komödie 'Le Barbier de Seville' (Antoine-Laurent Baudron) (17)
- Paderewski: Variations and Fugue on an original theme in E flat minor, Op. 23 (2)
- Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 (49)
- Rachmaninoff: Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42 (154)
- Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op. 1 (111)
- Schumann, Clara: Variations sur un thème de Robert Schumann, Op. 20 (36)
- Shapey: 21 Variations for Piano (3)
- Sweelinck: Mein junges Leben hat ein End (29)
- Sweelinck: Mein junges Leben hat ein End - variations (48)
- Szymanowski: Variations in B flat minor, Op. 3 (18)
- Vorpsi: Variations for Piano (Ballad) on a Popular Theme (2)
- Walker, George: Spatials: Variations for Piano (3)
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