Marie Wieck News
German musician
- piano, voice
- Kingdom of Saxony
- singer, composer, pianist
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2023-10-14 18:25:00
New York Philharmonic. Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor; Daniil Trifonov, piano. October 13, 2023.
[…] Trifonov perform this concerto with the New Jersey Symphony. And my reaction then is valid for today's performance as well. One could argue Liszt's influence came across clearer today, but that may well be due to my level of familiarity with this concerto.Some interesting side notes. The Clara Schumann concerto, completed in 1936, was performed by Inon Barnatan and the New Jersey Symphony in 2020. She didn't marry Robert until 1939, so was still Clara Wieck. The Program Notes also mentions her influence by Liszt and Chopin. Perhaps that just the development of classical music during that time period? Also, Clara Schumann gave the premiere performance of the Robert Schumann concerto.Today's Program Notes also describe most concertos written during that time were considered lightweight vehicles for showmanship. The composers listed - Kalkbrenner, Thalberg, Herz, Pixis, and so on - have indeed slipped to the fringe of the repertoire; I didn't […]
2022-10-29 16:53:18
“The only way we can get institutions to do it is if the leaders take it really personally.
2022-07-06 22:16:04
Robert Schumann composed Kinderszenen in February and March 1838, during a separation from his fiancée Clara Wieck. The translation of the German title is “Scenes from Childhood” Depictions of children at that time tended glorify an innocent existence close to God and nature. Kinderszenen is a pioneering work in wholly adopting the perspective of a very small child. Schumann intended the cycle as a recollection of moments from his own early childhood, and not as children seen from an adult perspective. These pieces, as all our earliest memories, are snapshots of emotions without language. Here is Ms. Yeo Eum Son
2022-07-02 04:00:00
Pour Connaisseurs et Amateurs: Keyboard Music for 4-Hands from the 18th & 19th Centuries (Angela Lazzaroni & Chiara Nicora)
4-Hand Piano Music by Leopold Kozeluch, Ignaz Joseph Pleyel,Ernst Wilhelm Wolf, Johann Christian Bach, Ferdinand Ries,Friedrich Wieck & Carl Czerny(See the back cover for complete track listing)Angela Lazzaroni & Chiara Nicora, Harpsichord/Fortepiano(Period Instruments)Urania Records LDV 14043 (2018) (The last 5 tracks are played on a 1954 Blüthner Grand Piano. Technically not a fortepiano, it does have an old sound to it.) [Flac & Scans]
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