Scarlatti and the Italian Mavericks

From the early Baroque to the edge of the avant-garde, Scarlatti and the Italian Mavericks traces three centuries of Italian keyboard invention. Led by Timothy Young, ANAM’s Head of Piano, this program brings together ANAM pianists performing across four instruments – clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano, and modern piano. 

The journey begins with Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Toccata from Corrente Book II (c. 1615), a cornerstone of early keyboard writing that shaped generations of composers. At the centre sits Domenico Scarlatti, represented by sonatas written between 1728 and 1756 – concise, technically daring works that expanded the expressive and rhythmic possibilities of the keyboard. 

Muzio Clementi’s Sonata in G Minor, op. 7, no. 3 (1782), performed on fortepiano, captures the instrument’s growing expressive range during the Classical era. Ottorino Respighi’s Antiche Danze et Arie (1983), written by pianist Franco Randazzo – a work that pares sound back to its essence, where gesture and resonance become the music itself.  

Domenico SCARLATTI Sonata in B Minor, K. 87
SCARLATTI Sonata in D Major, K. 119
Girolamo FRESCOBALDI Toccata
SCARLATTI Sonata in F Minor, K. 466
SCARLATTI Sonata in G Major, K. 455
Muzio CLEMENTI Sonata in G Minor, op. 7 no. 3
SCARLATTI Sonata in E Major, K. 380
SCARLATTI Sonata in C Minor, K. 11
Ottorino RESPIGHI Antiche Danze et Arie: iv. Italiana
SCARLATTI Sonata in A Major, K. 208
SCARLATTI Sonata in D Major, K. 96
Salvatore SCIARRINO Sonata No. 2
SCARLATTI Sonata in F Minor, K. 481
SCARLATTI Sonata in C Major, K. 159 ‘La caccia’ 

Timothy Young (ANAM Resident Faculty, Head of Piano) director / piano
ANAM Pianists  

Duration: approximately 2 hours (with a 20-minute interval) 

Timothy Young’s position is supported by the Orthwein Foundation.