Late Piano Works: Bengt Forsberg & Christopher Glynn
28 October 2016, 5:30pm 21 February 2025 - 9:15pm
Bengt Forsberg plays the Gesänge der Frühe and the haunting Geistervariationen, the theme of which Schumann claimed was given to him by angels. Forsberg is joined by Christopher Glynn for a perofmrnace of Brahms's variations on the same theme, Op. 23.
Festal supper will be available from 6:30pm every evening (except Thursday 20th). Enjoy a delicious hot main meal and side dish between the afternoon and evening recitals for just £11. Our food partners this year are the Vaults & Garden Café, The Oxford University Club, and St Stephen’s House. Please book by midnight the day before by clicking here.
Programme
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Gesänge der Frühe Op. 133
- Im ruhigen Tempo
- Belebt, nicht zu rasch
- Lebhaft
- Bewegt
- Im Anfange ruhiges, im Verlauf bewegteres Tempo
- Geistervariationen (1854) WoO 24
- Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
- Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann (Geistervariationen) (1861) Op. 23
Artists
Series
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