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Piano Recital Gaspard Dehaene — Zurich, 2022-05-12

Concert review, ★★★, Piano Recital Gaspard Dehaene @ Aula, Zurich University, 2022-05-12 (Musik an ETH und UZH / Musical Discovery) — Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Prelude & Fugue No.22 in B♭ minor, BWV 891; Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K.511; Chopin: Barcarole op.60; 3 Mazurki, op.63; Ballade No.4 in F minor, op.52; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 in B♭ major, op.106 (“Hammerklavier”); Encore by Schubert: Hungarian Melody in B minor, D.817
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Harpsichord Tuning

(…) Tuning with a tuning meter is different (…) in several ways: primarily, there is no “chained” tuning, i.e., every tone is tuned individually and independently, i.e., the pitch of any string (within the first octave) does not depend on the tuning of any other string, and the resulting tuning accuracy is only given by the accuracy of the tuning of all individual strings — and by the accuracy of the tuning meter. Tuning can be done in the common (and convenient) range a .. a’ for all tuning schemes — or in any other range given by the tuning scheme / table…