From the early Baroque to the edge of the avant-garde, Scarlatti and the Italian Mavericks traces three centuries of Italian keyboard invention. Led by Timothy Young, ANAM’s Head of Piano, this program brings together ANAM pianists performing across four instruments — clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano and modern piano.
The journey begins with Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Toccata from Corrente Book II (c.1615), a cornerstone of early keyboard writing that shaped generations of composers. At the centre sits Domenico Scarlatti, represented by sonatas written between 1728 and 1756 — concise, technically daring works that expanded the expressive and rhythmic possibilities of the keyboard.
Muzio Clementi’s Sonata in G minor, Op. 7 No. 3 (1782), performed on fortepiano, captures the instrument’s growing expressive range during the Classical era. Ottorino Respighi’s Antiche Danze et Arie, Italiana (1917) then turns back in time, drawing on Renaissance dances through a modern lens. The program concludes with Salvatore Sciarrino’s Sonata No. 2 (1983), written for pianist Franco Randazzo — a work that pares sound back to its essence, where gesture and resonance become the music itself.
Domenico SCARLATTI Sonata in B minor, K. 87
SCARLATTI Sonata in D Major, K. 119
Girolamo FRESCOBALDI Toccata
SCARLATTI Sonata in F minor, K. 466
SCARLATTI Sonata in G Major, K. 455
Muzio CLEMENTI Sonata in G Minor, op. 7 no. 3
SCARLATTI Sonata in E Major, K. 380
SCARLATTI Sonata in C Minor, K. 11
Ottorino RESPIGHI Antiche Danze et Arie, iv. Italiana
SCARLATTI Sonata in A Major, K. 208
SCARLATTI Sonata in D Major, K. 96
Salvatore SCIARRINO Sonata No. 2
SCARLATTI Sonata in F minor, K. 481
SCARLATTI Sonata in C Major, K. 159 'La caccia'
Timothy Young (ANAM Resident Faculty, Head of Piano) director/piano
ANAM Pianists
Duration: approximately 2 hours (includes a 20-minute interval)
Timothy Young's position is supported by the Orthwein Foundation.
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