Day 21 January 2025
PROKOFIEV: IVAN THE TERRIBLE

(taken from the score written for Sergei Eisenstein’s film Ivan the Terrible) No. 1 Overture and Chorus The black cloud rises, The dawn washes itself in blood; This is the boyars’ evil treason, Going to battle with the imperial powerl…
The Original Bösendorfer Piano of ERNST VON DOHNANYI

Dohnanyi’s own piano with its semi-circular, curved keyboard, is kept by the Museum of Music History, Budapest. This extraordinary piano was produced by the Bösendorfer company and based on the designs of the Australian pianist, composer, and inventor George H.…