Hilbrand Borkent
25 improvisations
Piano
Improvisation was a highly regarded way of making music in the eighteenth century. One must imagine the fortepiano in the middle of a not overly large music room. There was scarcely ever a set programme for the evenings music. This or that composer brought forth his sparkling new composition, for no one was interested in older, already known works… Every improvisation is an unicum. It does not exists before it is sounded…
Hilbrand Borkent (2004)
