Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Evgeny Kissin - Siciliano
© Mikko Lagerstedt photography
___ A young Evgeny Kissin (aged 19) performs Wilhelm Kempff's great transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach's Siciliano or Siciliana, a delightful piece from the sonata for flute and keyboard in E-flat major, BWV 1031. Bach composed this sonata between 1730 and 1734.


To my dear friend F...

"I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume and the sea gulls crying.
I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gipsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife,
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over."

_____William Copper_____


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