In this episode, we are taken on an odyssey through the evolution of the piano and the revolution in new keyboard technology that changed the sound of this instrument and the way that it was played in both the home and on the concert circuit. Recorded at the School of Music at the Australian National University, the Director of the Keyboard Institute, Dr Scott Davie introduces the University's remarkable collection of historic pianos, which is thought to be the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. He plays experts from the nineteenth-century repertoire on these rare and very beautiful instruments as we talk all things piano. Not only is Scott an esteemed soloist, but he is also a specialist in the music of Sergei Rachmaninoff so expect to hear a rare recording of the composer playing as well as Scott playing Rachmaninoff alongside other exquisite excerpts by other composers such as Liszt, Chopin and Debussy. You will also hear new compositions by ANU First Nations composers of the Ngarra Burria Piyanna project playing their work on the 1770 Henri Henrion keyboard, a highlight of the collection - thought to be the oldest piano in Australia. Enjoy the enduring sound of the piano in the nineteenth century.
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