The Cooper Center will present pianist Archie Richards in the Multipurpose Room on Thursday, January 22 at 1PM.
Archie began playing the piano as a child but didn’t find a good teacher until he was 32. This was Kyriena Siloti, the daughter of Alexander Siloti, who was considered the best of the students of Franz Liszt and was world renown in the early-20th Century. While Archie was with her, his recording of Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata was played on WCRB-AM Radio in Boston. Now, at 89 years young, he continues to delight audiences.
The opening work in this concert will be the 1st movement of Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata. For some 20 years, this remained Beethoven’s favorite sonata, even though he wrote many others in the meantime. The concert will also include two love songs by Franz Liszt. One of them is the famous Liebestraum (Dream of Love). The other, Song of Love, has a different meaning altogether. The finale will be Chopin’s beloved G Minor Ballade.
