III. PIANO WORKS BY SCHUBERT/DVORAK

DVORAK Schottish Dances, Op. 41(1877) Short Pieces(1880) Humoresques, Op. 101 (1894) SCHUBERT Momens Musical [sic], Nos. 1 - 5 (D. 780) Waltzes from "Last Waltzes"; D.969-980

Painting by Joan Farber

In these live performances pianist Nancy Garniez presents side by side familiar works by Schubert (1797-1828) and some long-neglected works by Dvorak (1841-1904). One of the first champions of the music of Schubert - especially of his piano music - Dvorak explored the piano in miniature tone poems reserving larger scale works for piano together with strings. Extraordinary pianistic color, seamless tonal flow, orchestral effects - all of these proclaim Dvorak a worthy heir to Schubert. If the Dvorak works performed here are not well-known it is probably because for many years less in music was considered less and was not taken seriously. But the piano is an intimate instrument, well-suited to the poetry of such small-scale works as these.

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