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Date(s) - 05/18/2019
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
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Join acclaimed pianist, Robyn Carmichael at Sunset Music and Arts for Peers, Friends, Rivals: Four Romantic Masters. Experience the music of four towering masters of the keyboard: Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, and Franz Liszt in a program highlighting their own unique temperaments, and featuring the magnificent Sonata in B minor, Op. 58 of Chopin and the high-strung and virtuosic Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli of Franz Liszt. For a preview of Ms. Carmichael’s playing, please visit her website at www.robyncarmichael.com
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1848)
- Rondo capriccioso in E major/E minor, Op. 14 (c. 1830)
- Songs without Words: Book 3, Op. 38, No. 6 (“Duetto”) (c. 1836-37)
- Songs without Words: Book 1, Op. 19b, No. 5 (c. 1828)
- Scherzo from Capriccio Op. 16, No. 2 (c. 1829)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
- Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2 (c. 1836)
- Waltz, Op. 34, No. 3 (c. 1838)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 (c. 1844)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) / Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
- Widmung (Dedication) from the “Myrthen” song cycle by Schumann (c. 1840, arr. by Liszt, c.1848) S. 566
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
- Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (c. 1837): I. “Des Abends” (“In the Evening”) in D♭ major; V. “In der Nacht” (“In the Night”) in F minor
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
- Liebesträume, No. 3 (c. 1850)
- Tarantella in G minor from Années de pèlerinage: Venezia e Napoli, No. 3 (c. 1837-49)
Carmichael’s distinctive style has defined her concerts in the U.S. and Europe. Her past seasons included West Coast concerts in Seattle, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, a radio interview on Berkeley’s KPFA-FM “Piano” program, and a CD release with music of Scarlatti, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, de Falla, Tchaikovsky, Bach-Alkan, and Rachmaninoff.
extraordinary poetry
lush, thrilling and intensely personal