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about Music Programme 91. Schumann, Liszt, and Rachmaninov Variations Programme description
I am going to repeat two items that we heard last week, the two sets of variations by Liszt and Rachmaninov on a theme of Paganini, to reinforce the variation techniques as used in the Romantic period. Then I will fill out our programme with more music of Schumann, the Theme and Variations on the name “Abegg”, and the Andante & Variations for 2 Pianos, 2 Cellos & Horn.
We also start with Schumann today: the piece Widmung, or Dedication. It was a wedding gift to his wife, the pianist Clara Wieck , when they were married on September 12th 1840. This piece is a special kind of variation, as it was originally for voice, but Liszt took the melody and reworked it for a wonderful piano solo. Franz Liszt – Liszt_ Grandes Études de Paganini, S. 141_ No. 6 in A Minor Performed by Daniil Trifonov · Robert Schumann – Widmung (transcribed by Franz Liszt) Performed by Evgeny Kissin · Robert Schumann – Theme and Variations on the name ‘Abegg,’ Op. 1 Performed by Evgeny Kissin · Robert Schumann – Andante & Variations for 2 Pianos, 2 Cellos & Horn Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy, Malcolm Frager, Barry Tuckwell & Amaryllis Fleming · Sergei Rachmaninoff – Rachmaninoff_ Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43_ Introduction – Variations 1-24 Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn