The Piano History
This concert experience is unique - worldwide. The listener dives into the tender world of the Clavichord and from there on is entertainigly lead by Ratko Delorko throught the centuries of history of the most popular instrument.
Exitingly moderated, this concert is a sensational event in the mirror of the European culture. Many valuable originals are presented on the stage, which cannot be heard jointly in any museum
"One sees, listens and is amazed: A whole museum of pianos has been brought to Berlin by the pianist Ratko Delorko"
(Berliner Morgenpost)
Piano History at Teo-Otto-Theater Remscheid
Program
Johann S. Bach: Praeludium in Eb Minor WTC I
Clavichord after Silbermann 1760
Bernardo Pasquini: Partita II
Spinet after Silbermann 1730
Georg Friedrich Haendel: Fantasy in C Major
Harpsichord after Antunes 1758
Jan Ladislaus Dussek: Due Preludi
Fortepiano, Broadwood, London 1792
Franz Schubert: Impromptu in Ab Major
Fortepiano, Johann Fritz, Vienna about 1820
Domenico Cimarosa: Sonata in Bb Major
Square Piano, Ganer 1785
Program
Robert Schumann: Romance in F# Major, No. 2
Fortepiano, Irmler, Leipzig 1830
Frederic Chopin: Etude in Gb Major op. 10/ 5
Fortepiano, Johann B. Streicher, Wien 1841
Robert Schumann: Stückchen für´s Clavier
Upright Erard, Paris about 1845
Franz Liszt: La leggierezza
Fortepiano Bösendorfer, Vienna 1856
Frederic Chopin: Etude op. 25, No. 1
Grand, Pleyel-Wolff, Paris 1865
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo op. 118 No. 2
Grand, Theodor Stöcker, downstroke action, Berlin 1863
Anton Rubinstein: Melody in F
Concert Grand, Carl Bechstein, Berlin 1863
Anonymus
Barrel Piano, Pedro Pombia, Novara 1895
Louis M. Gottschalk: Souvenirs d' Andalousie
Concert Grand, Steinway & Sons, NY 1875
Ratko Delorko: From "Zeitklang"
Concert Grand, Schimmel, Brunswick 2008