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LISTEN: Beethoven Sonata No. 23 in f minor, op. 57 'Appassionata'
Nicolas van Poucke plays Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze
Suite in E major
Sonata No. 23 in f minor, op. 57 'Appassionata'
Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6
It has become a beautiful tradition: twice a year, masterpianist Nicolas van Poucke shines in the Recital Hall of The Concertgebouw. Last October he enchanted the audience with works by Debussy, Mozart, Ravel and Franck. Today he returns with a magnificent program that focuses on Handel, Beethoven, and a very special composer, with whom Van Poucke has a deep resonating bond: Robert Schumann. The program includes Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze, one of his most intimate and personal works.
Schumann's alter egos, Eusebius and Florestan, are well known and represent his dreamy, thoughtful side (Eusebius) and his impulsive, fiery side (Florestan). These characters are part of an imaginary group of friends, the Davidsbund, that Schumann had created in his head. In the Davidsbündlertänze these alter egos conduct a lively dialogue, in which the contrasts between them are beautifully expressed. So important were these characters to Schumann that he even attributed the composition to them; Schumann's own name does not appear anywhere on the title page of the first edition of the Davidsbündlertänze.
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