THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER Book 1, Part 3 Thursday 15 June 6pm, Salon PRESENTED BY Melbourne Recital Centre ARTISTS Anna Goldsworthy piano PROGRAM JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 - 1750) Prelude and Fugue No.17 in A-flat, BWV 862 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 - 1827) Piano Sonata in C minor, No.8, Op.13 ‘Pathetique’ Second movement: Adagio cantabile JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Prelude and Fugue No.18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 863 Prelude and Fugue No.19 in A, BWV 864 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 - 1791) Piano Sonata in D, K. 576, First movement: Allegro JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Prelude and Fugue No.20 in A minor, BWV 865 Prelude and Fugue No.21 in B-flat, BWV 866 Prelude and Fugue No.22 in B-flat minor, BWV 867 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810 - 1849) Piano Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35, Third movement: March funebre, Lento JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Prelude and Fugue No.23 in B, BWV 868 Prelude and Fugue No.24 in B minor, BWV 869 ABOUT THE ARTIST Described by The Australian as a ‘musical ambassador', Anna Goldsworthy is one of Australia’s most versatile artists. Celebrated as a pianist, she is acclaimed also as a memoirist, essayist, playwright, librettist and festival director. As a pianist, Anna performs extensively throughout Australia and internationally. Solo appearances include at the Teatro Colon for the Buenos Aires International Music Festival, for the Orchestra of Colours in Athens, at the Melbourne Festival and in the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Masters Series. An accomplished chamber player, Anna is a founding member of Seraphim Trio. Celebrated for its innovative programming and community outreach, Seraphim is committed to new Australian music, and has premiered works by Graeme Koehne, James Ledger, Elena Kats-Chernin, Calvin Bowman, Andrew Ford, Anne Boyd and more. Anna collaborates regularly with Australia’s most distinguished musicians, such as oboist Diana Doherty, clarinettist Paul Dean, trumpeter David Elton, sopranos Sara Macliver and Jane Sheldon, and the Australian String Quartet. As a writer, Anna was awarded Newcomer of the Year at the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards for her debut memoir, Piano Lessons, which was released in Australia, North America and Korea, adapted for the stage, and is currently in development as a film. Other literary publications include the memoir Welcome to Your New Life, numerous selections for Best Australian Essays, and the Quarterly Essay Unfinished Business: Sex, Freedom and Misogyny. Anna has degrees from the University of Adelaide and Texas Christian University, and a doctorate from the University of Melbourne. Anna is currently Artistic Director of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival, Kenneth Moore Memorial Music Scholar at Janet Clarke Hall, Lecturer in Chamber Music at the Elder Conservatorium, and Research Fellow at the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice at the University of Adelaide. Melbourne Recital Centre acknowledges the people of the Kulin nation on whose land this concert is being presented. PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT PARTNER.