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Paul Badura-Skoda celebrates the art of live performance in Vienna

By Peter Reynolds, 14 April 2016
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Reviewed at Musikverein: Brahms-Saal, Vienna on 12 April 2016
Programme
Bach, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903
Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major "Waldstein", Op.53
Strauss II, Other (Polkas)
Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 17 in D major "Gasteiner", D.850
Performers
Paul Badura-Skoda, Piano
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Peter Reynolds
Peter Reynolds
Peter Reynolds was a composer and writer on music living in Cardiff. He was a part-time member of staff at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and, in 2009, published a history of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Very sadly he passed away on 11th October 2016.