Who knew a typewriter could be an instrument?

In this episode, we explore music written for keyboard instruments, ahead of the November programme at the Philharmonie. You'll get to discover the various members of this family, beyond the well-known piano… a typewriter is a keyboard, right?

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Concerto N° 1, I. Molto allegro con fuoco
Justus Willberg plays the hydraulis
Philip Glass: Prophecies (from Koyaanisqatsi)
Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite N° 4 in E-flat major, BWV 815
Kit Armstrong: Fantasy on BACH
Michael Wollny: Vienna Pitch
Aaron Parks: Sports
Craig Taborn: Saints
Hiromi: Trial and Error
Cécile Chaminade: Album des Enfants, op. 126, N° 12 Valse Mignonne
Atri Kotal, Sandip Ghosh, Jyotirmoy Banerjee: Bhajan
Astor Piazzola: Libertango
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, N° 14c Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
John Williams: Hedwig’s Theme (from Harry Potter)
Leroy Anderson: The Typewriter