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great compositions/performances: Nelson Freire: Robert Schumann – Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 (1983)

Nelson Freire: Robert Schumann – Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 (1983)

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Published on May 26, 2015

In a concert recorded in the Kongressaal, Munich, the Brazilian pianist plays works by Schumann and Chopin.

Robert Schumann – Fantasy in C major, Op. 17

Watch the whole concert: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…

Nelson Freire (born October 18, 1944) is a Brazilian classical pianist. Freire began playing the piano at age 3. He replayed from memory pieces his older sister, Nelma, had just performed. His teachers in Brazil were Nise Obino and Lucia Branco, former students of a pupil of Liszt. For his first public recital, at the age of four, Freire chose Mozart’s Sonata in A major, K. 331.
In 1957, Freire’s performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, at the age of 12. He was awarded 7th place at the Rio de Janeiro International Piano Competition. He subsequently received a Brazilian government grant to study in Vienna with Bruno Seidlhofer. By 1964, Freire had won his first prize at the Vianna da Motta International Music Competition in Lisbon, Portugal (ex-aequo with Vladimir Krainev) and he also received the Dinu Lipatti Medal and the Harriet Cohen Medal in London, England. In December 2001, he chaired the jury for the Marguerite Long Competition in Paris. His debut at The Proms was in August 2005.
In general, Freire tends to avoid the limelight, publicity, and interviews. However, in 2011, Freire withdrew from a scheduled engagement with the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira (OSB) and conductor Roberto Minczuk, in support of the orchestra musicians, following the dismissal of about 3 dozen OSB musicians by Minczuk.

Fantasie in C (Schumann)

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The Fantasie in C major, Op. 17, was written by Robert Schumann in 1836. It was revised prior to publication in 1839, when it was dedicated to Franz Liszt. It is generally described as one of Schumann’s greatest works for solo piano, and is one of the central works of the early Romantic period. It is often called by the Italian version, Fantasia; the word “Fantasie” is the German spelling.

Structure

 Beethoven Monument

The Fantasie is in loose sonata form. Its three movements are headed:

• Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton
• Mäßig. Durchaus energisch
• Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten.

The first movement is rhapsodic and passionate; the middle movement (in E-flat major) is a grandiose rondo based on a majestic march, with episodes that recall the emotion of the first movement; and the finale is slow and meditative.

Genesis

The piece has its origin in early 1836, when Schumann composed a piece entitled Ruines expressing his distress at being parted from his beloved Clara Wieck (later to become his wife). This later became the first movement of the Fantasy.^[1] Later that year, he wrote two more movements to create a work intended as a contribution to the appeal for funds to erect a monument to Beethoven in his birthplace, Bonn. Schumann offered the work to the publisher Kirstner, suggesting that 100 presentation copies could be sold to raise money for the monument. Other contributions to the Beethoven monument fund included Mendelssohn‘s Variations sérieuses.^[2]

The original title of Schumann’s work was “Obolen auf Beethovens Monument: Ruinen, Trophaen, Palmen, Grosse Sonate f.d. Piano f. Für Beethovens Denkmal”. Kirstner refused, and Schumann tried offering the piece to Haslinger in January 1837. When Haslinger also refused, he offered it to Breitkopf & Härtel in May 1837. The movements’ subtitles (Ruins, Trophies, Palms) became Ruins, Triumphal Arch, and Constellation, and were then removed altogether before Breitkopf & Härtel eventually issued the Fantasie in May 1839.^[3] It was printed with a dedication to Franz Liszt.

The Beethoven monument was eventually completed, due mainly to the efforts of Liszt, who paid 2,666 thaler,^[4] the largest single contribution. It was unveiled in grand style in 1845, the attendees including Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and many other dignitaries and composers, but not Schumann, who was ill.

Allusion and quotation

Schumann prefaced the work with a quote from Friedrich Schlegel:

Durch alle Töne tönet

Im bunten Erdentraum

Ein leiser Ton gezogen

Für den, der heimlich lauschet.

(“Resounding through all the notes/In the earth’s colorful dream/There sounds a faint long-drawn note/For the one who listens in secret.”)

The musical quotation of a phrase from Beethoven’s song cycle An die ferne Geliebte in the coda of the first movement was not acknowledged by Schumann, and apparently was not spotted until 1910.^[5] The text of the passage quoted is: Accept then these songs [beloved, which I sang for you alone]. Both the Schlegel stanza and the Beethoven quotation are appropriate to Schumann’s current situation of separation from Clara Wieck. Schumann wrote to Clara: The first movement may well be the most passionate I have ever composed – a deep lament for you. They still had many tribulations to suffer before they finally married four years later.

Reception and performance

	Fantasie in C, Op. 17 – Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton   Menu       0:00     Fantasie in C, Op. 17 – Mäßig. Durchaus energisch   Menu       0:00     Fantasie in C, Op. 17 – Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten   Menu       0:00
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Liszt was one of the few pianists capable of meeting the then-unparalleled demands of the Fantasie, particularly the second movement coda’s rapid skips in opposite directions simultaneously. He had played the piece to Schumann privately, and later incorporated it into his teaching repertory, but he considered it unsuitable for public performance and never played it in public.^[6] However, Liszt returned the honour by dedicating his own Sonata in B minor to Schumann in 1853. Clara Schumann did not start to perform the Fantasie in her concerts until 1866, ten years after the composer died.^[6]

The Fantasie has been recorded many times, including versions by Martha Argerich, Claudio Arrau, Wilhelm Backhaus, Daniel Barenboim, Alfred Brendel, Clifford Curzon, Edwin Fischer, Nelson Freire, Vladimir Horowitz, Wilhelm Kempff, Alicia de Larrocha, Murray Perahia, Maurizio Pollini, Sviatoslav Richter, Burkard Schliessmann, Mitsuko Uchida, Lars Vogt and Vladimir Sofronitsky. Recent recordings have been made by Stephen Hough and Marc-André Hamelin.

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Make music part of your life: Of the Father’s Love Begotten – traditional a Capella choir

Of the Father’s Love Begotten – traditional a Capella choir

Megan Smith

Published on Nov 26, 2012

The 5th century Christmas hymn composed by Aurelius Prudentius sung by an a capella chior with lyrics. Read more about this hymn on my blog http://life-incessant.blogspot.com/20… “When Suffering Doesn’t Stop: Life With Chronic Pain.

“Of the Father’s Love Begotten”
by Aurelius C. Prudentius, 413, cento
Translated by John. M. Neale, 1818-1866
and Henry W. Baker, 1821-1977

1. Of the Father’s love begotten
Ere the worlds began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega,
He the Source, the Ending He,
Of the things that are, that have been,
And that future years shall see
Evermore and evermore.

2. Oh, that birth forever blessed
When the Virgin, full of grace,
By the Holy Ghost conceiving,
Bare the Savior of our race,
And the Babe, the world’s Redeemer,
First revealed His sacred face
Evermore and evermore.

3. O ye heights of heaven, adore Him;
Angel hosts, His praises sing;
Powers, dominions, bow before Him
And extol our God and King.
Let no tongue on earth be silent,
Every voice in concert ring
Evermore and evermore.

4. This is He whom Heaven-taught singers
Sang of old with one accord;
Whom the Scriptures of the prophets
Promised in their faithful word.
Now He shines, the Long-expected;
Let creation praise its Lord
Evermore and evermore.

5. Christ, to Thee, with God the Father,
And, O Holy Ghost, to Thee
Hymn and chant and high thanksgiving
And unending praises be,
Honor, glory, and dominion,
And eternal victory
Evermore and evermore.

The Lutheran Hymnal
Hymn #98
Text: 1 Tim. 3:16
Author: Aurelius C. Prudentius, 413, cento
Translated by: John. M. Neale, 1854 and Henry W. Baker, 1861
Titled: “Corde natus ex Parentis”
Tune: “Divinum mysterium”, Plain-song tune, 12th century

 

make music part of your life: Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120

Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120

Video Game Pianist™

Published on Dec 2, 2013

Welcome to the Martin Leung and Friends chamber music recital Part 2 of 3!
I collaborated with 14-year-old clarinetist Andrew Moses (http://www.youtube.com/andrewmosescla…) to play Brahms Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major!

I am pursuing a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in piano performance at the University of Southern California. This recital partially fulfills the DMA requirement.

Andrew Moses: http://www.andrewmoses.com
Louis Ng, audio engineer: http://www.louisng.net
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Recorded at Schoenfeld Symphonic Hall, University of Southern California

 

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