ALEXANDRA DOVGAN
SCHUBERT, SCHUMANN, BRAHMS
© Irina Schymchak
Alexandra Dovgan
Piano
Franz Schubert
Sonata in A major D 664
Robert Schumann
Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26
Fantasy Pictures for Piano
Johannes Brahms
Three Intermezzi for Piano Op. 117
Johannes Brahms
Variations and Fugue in B major on a Theme by George Frideric Handel Op. 24
Schumann’s Faschingsschwank aus Wien—the title roughly translates as “Carnival Jest from Vienna”—resembles a musical masquerade. “From every side, fireworks of wit and mischief shoot into the air,” as Schumann’s contemporary and fellow composer Carl Koßmaly described it. For her Pierre Boulez Saal debut, postponed several times due to the pandemic, Alexandra Dovgan combines this humor-filled work with Brahms’s late Intermezzi Op. 117, described by the composer as the “lullabies of my sorrows.” The young Russian pianist, born in 2007, opens her program with Schubert’s famous A-major Sonata.
Approximate running time: 1h 45m with one intermission
Mendelssohn: Concierto para piano nº 1 © Production by Antonio Cid / RDC Producciones
© Audio by Pablo Barreiro / CRTVG
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