Programme Details
We continue our two-year project of Robert Schumann’s complete works for solo piano, exploring the intricate world of music’s visionary poet.
11AM
EINSAME BLUMEN
From Schumann’s much-loved ‘youthful’masterpieces – Abegg Variations, Fantasie in C and Carnaval – to his later personal works, Joanna MacGregor introduces the range of music in today’s five recitals.
Drei Fantasiestücke, Op 111
Waldszenen, Op 82
Fantasie in C, Op 17
Sherri Lun and Edward Harris-Brown piano
1PM
HARLEQUIN, PIERROT
Abegg Variations, Op 1
Arabeske in C, Op 18
Carnaval, Op 9
Alex Wun and Arthur Kokerai piano
2.30PM
MELODRAMAS
Schön Hedwig, Op 106
Ballade vom Haideknaben and Die Flüchtlinge, Op 122
Andante and Variations, Op 46
David Xia, Sadra Mahshidfar and Andrew Zhao piano
3.45PM
SOARING
Fantasiestücke, Op 12
Études Symphoniques, Op 13
Yiqiao Ou and Seth Schultheis piano
5PM
FOR CHILDREN
Album für die Jugend, Op 68
Kinderball, Op 130
Junyan Chen, Xiaowen Shang, Milda Daunoraitė, Tomos Boyles, Joanna MacGregor, Emanuil Ivanov piano