Tag: Processional

  • PROGRAM NOTES: STEVEN OSBORNE

    PROGRAM NOTES: STEVEN OSBORNE

    Franz Schubert Impromptu No. 1 in F minor  D. 935 The impromptu is just one of a number of small-scale instrumental genres arising in the early 19th century, known under the collective title of character pieces. Cultivated by composers in the emerging Romantic movement, these pieces presented a simple musical idea in an intimate lyrical…