Artists
- Isabelle Faustviolin
- Andreas Staierfortepiano
Archived Event
CPE Bach, Schumann and Brahms
Isabelle Faust violin; Andreas Staier fortepiano
- Date
- Mon 06 Feb 2017, 1.00pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach1714-1788
- Fantasie in F sharp minor Wq. 80:
- arr. of Fantasia for keyboard solo Wq. 67
- Robert Schumann1810-1856
- Phantasie in C major Op. 131:
- Fantasy in C major Op. 131
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- Clarinet Sonata in E flat Op. 120 No. 2:
- Violin Sonata in E flat major Op. 120 No. 2 (arr.of Viola Sonata)
Encore
- Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847
- Song without Words in G 'Maidüfte' Op. 62 No. 1
Overview
Against the scientific revolution’s backdrop, manyeighteenth-century writers, artists and composersturned to fantasy as an antidote to the dictates ofrealism and rationality. CPE Bach’s influentialfantasies helped establish a style of rhapsodiccomposition that was extensively developed in thefollowing century.
Isabelle Faust and Andreas Staierexplore fantasy pieces by Bach and Schumann incompany with the genial lyricism of Brahms’s lateSonata Op. 120 No. 2.
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