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PROGRAM NOTES: FAIRY TALES
SCHUMANN: MÄRCHENERZÄHLUNGEN, OP. 132 Robert Schumann (1810-1856) composed roughly one-third of his entire oeuvre during the three years he spent in the service of the town of Düsseldorf (late 1850 to the end of 1853). This is doubly amazing, considering his extensive...
Program notes: innocence lost
Shostakovich: String quartet no. 8, op. 110 The intimate chamber idiom has its share of composers’ personal mottos and autobiographical references. Still, it is rare to glimpse into any composer’s memories as clearly as in the Eighth String Quartet by Dmitri...
Program Notes – Camerata REcital 2021
Barber: Cello sonata, op. 6 Samuel Barber (1910-1981) spent the years 1924-1932 as one of the first students at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute. He worked in voice (a baritone), piano, and composition. Barber showed early potential as a composer, and the works of his...