Janos Gereben wrote:

> ...  All banged up in an accident, Dmitry Sitkovetsky conducted
> the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra in his "Goldberg Variations"
> orchestration at the Napa Festival del Sole a couple of days ago, and
> it took my breath away.  Have you heard this or his previous transcriptions
> (there is one for a trio, I think), what do you think, and what is your
> opinion of "expanding" Bach thusly?

There is indeed one for trio (also by DS) and I'm going to hear it live
tomorrow evening - for the second time.

It certainly goes down well with audiences in my experience and I don't
think Bach would have disapproved even though the Goldbergs were clearly
composed for keyboard, unlike say The Art of Fugue.

|Deryk Barker
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