Artists
- Christian Blackshawpiano
- Date
- Tue 29 Dec 2015, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- 6 Moments Musicaux D780
- Robert Schumann1810-1856
- Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26
Interval
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- Piano Sonata in D D850
Encore
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- 4 Impromptus D899:
- Impromptu in G flat No. 3
Overview
Schumann’s fizzing evocation of Vienna’s Carnivalcomplements the melodic invention of works bySchubert, one of the Austrian imperial capital’sfinest creative artists.
Christian Blackshaw’sprogramme includes the Piano Sonata in D D850,written at Gastein in the Austrian Alps in 1825,hallmarked by the virtuosity and concision ofits first movement and the symphonic scope ofits scherzo.