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- 05 Mar 2021
- Schubert & Schumann - Solo Piano Recital June 2019
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Link to Concert Programme Notes
Robert Schumann
Papillons, Op. 2
Widmung trans. Franz Liszt
Franz Schubert
Sonata in A minor, D784
i)Allegro giusto
ii) Andante
iii) Allegro Vivace
Schumann’s Papillons are full of energy, humour and quickly shifting moods and
characters. The influence of Commedia dell’arte is clear. Each of the twelve short pieces
seem to represent a different character appearing on a stage or perhaps a different mask
being worn by a ...
- 05 Mar 2021
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37 (arr. String Quintet)
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Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 37. Orchestra part arranged for String-Quintet by Vinzenz Lachner.
Link to Concert
Soloist: Donal McHugh
Violins: Kate Fleming & Caoimhe McCarthy
Viola: James O'Coileáin
Cello: Robert Murphy
Double Bass: Stéphane Petiet
Programme Notes
i ) Allegro con brio
i i) Largo
iii) Rondo, Allegro
There is something about C minor. The drama that composers manage to create in this key is quite remarkable. ...
- 26 Aug 2020
- Another Place - Piano Recital
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Live-Stream Youtube link
Recital will take place on Friday 4th September 2020 at 5pm (Irish Standard Time). Attendance by online link only.
These two imaginative sonatas show two very different times in Vienna's musical history. Berg’s sonata was composed in the beginning of the twentieth century and Schubert’s in the early nineteenth. Schubert is often known as being connected with the first Viennese school while Berg was a pioneer of the second. But what both works do share is a feeling of ...
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