Programme Details
Curated by Joanna MacGregor, this year’s Autumn Piano Festival closes its multi-year project of Robert Schumann’s complete works for solo piano, performed by Academy pianists – over 17 hours of some of the greatest and most original piano music ever composed.
From much-loved masterpieces – the epic first and third piano sonatas, Novelletten and Davidsbündlertänze, an expression of Schumann’s passionate love – to rarely played later works inspired by Clara Wieck and his family, this is a unique chance to immerse yourself in the intricate world of music’s visionary poet.
‘Clara was practically my sole motivation for writing the Davidsbündlertänze and the sonatas.’ Robert Schumann
A day of concerts and an illustrated talk, performed by Sherri Lun, Pei-En Melody Wu, Ozel Gunhanlar, Issa Diallo, Chuyu Wang, Seth Schultheis and Joanna MacGregor.
11am-12.15pm Introduction: Early and Late Schumann
Joanna MacGregor examines Schumann’s brilliant early cycle Davidsbündlertänze, and his late private homage to Bach, 7 Klavierstücke in Fughettenform.
Seth Schultheis and Joanna MacGregor piano
1-1.45pm Concerto for Piano
Drei Fantasiestücke Op 111 Sonata no.3 in F minor Op 14
Sherri Lun and Pei-En Melody Wu piano
2.30-3.30pm The Schumann Resonance
Toccata in C Op 7 Drei Romanzen Op 28 Sonata no.1 in F sharp minor Op 11
Ozel Gunhanlar, Issa Diallo and Chuyu Wang piano
4-5pm ‘To Send Light into the Darkness’
7 Klavierstücke in Fughettenform Op 126
Gesänge der Frühe Op133
Davidsbündlertänze Op 6
Seth Schultheis and Joanna MacGregor piano
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