Ksenija Tmusic, An evening with great composers

Program:

32 Variations in C minor WoO 80
Ludwig van Beethoven

Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
Johannes Brahms
1. Intermezzo. Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato (A minor)
2. Intermezzo. Andante teneramente (A major)
3. Ballade. Allegro energico (G minor)
4. Intermezzo. Allegretto un poco agitato (F minor)
5. Romance. Andante—Allegretto grazioso (F major)
6. Intermezzo. Andante, largo e mesto (E♭ minor)

Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op. 22
Robert Schumann
1. So rasch wie möglich
2. Andantino. Getragen
3. Scherzo. Sehr rasch und markiert
4. Rondo. Presto possible, Prestissimo, quasi cadenza

The 32 Variations by Beethoven flow into one another powerfully and without interruption and offer a veritable compendium of Beethoven’s piano technique.

The Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118, are some of the best-loved compositions Johannes Brahms wrote for solo piano. Completed in 1893 and dedicated to Clara Schumann, the collection is the penultimate composition published during Brahms’s lifetime.

The Schumann’s G minor Sonata is a work of great passion, combining dramatic urgency with moments of rapt tenderness.