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  • 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…

  • PROGRAM NOTES: MURRAY PERAHIA

    PROGRAM NOTES: MURRAY PERAHIA

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    Johann Sebastian Bach French Suite No. 6 in E Major BWV 817 The spirit of the dance can be felt across a wide range of Bach’s works, from the fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier to the Mass in B minor. For Bach lovers with toes eager to tap, then, an entire suite of dance pieces…