Tag: Rhapsodie espagnole S. 254

  • PROGRAM NOTES: ZHANG ZUO

    PROGRAM NOTES: ZHANG ZUO

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    Ludwig van Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor WoO 80 The theme that Beethoven chose for his 32 Variations in C minor (1806) has a Baroque feel to it, with its chaconne-like harmonic pattern in the left hand and sarabande-like second-beat emphasis in the right. This theme, however, is far from the characterless blank canvas…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: BENJAMIN GROSVENOR

    PROGRAM NOTES: BENJAMIN GROSVENOR

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    Robert Schumann Arabesque, Op. 18 In the autumn of 1838 Robert Schumann made a career decision. He would move from his native Leipzig to Vienna to find a publisher and a sympathetic public for his piano compositions. The public he hoped to attract in his year in the Austrian capital was a public of the…