Tag: Intermezzo

  • PROGRAM NOTES: PAUL LEWIS

    PROGRAM NOTES: PAUL LEWIS

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    Ludwig van Beethoven 11 Bagatelles Op. 119 Beethoven’s Op. 119 is a catch-all collection of pieces written without any preconceived formal plan for the enjoyment of amateur piano enthusiasts. The last five were published first as a contribution to a pedagogical publication called the Wiener Piano-Forte Schule (1821), with the first six added to that…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF

    PROGRAM NOTES: SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF

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    Robert Schumann Variations on an Original Theme in E at major (“Ghost Variations”) WoO 24 In February of 1854, Robert Schumann was in a state of delirium, but a very musical one. He was surrounded by ghosts, he told his wife Clara, ghosts that fed him wonderful music and had occasionally tried to drag him down…