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.

We begin with Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Toccata, a cornerstone of early keyboard writing. 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 sonatas capture the instrument’s growing range during the Classical era. Ottorino Respighi’s Antiche Danze et Arie then turns back in time, conveying Renaissance dances through a modern lens. The program concludes with Salvatore Sciarrino’s Sonata No. 2 — a work that pares sound back to its essence, where gesture and resonance become the music itself.