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FREDERICK HISTORICAL PIANO COLLECTION

Historical Piano Concerts Series
at the
Ashburnham Community Church

Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 4: 00 p.m.


Joseph Smith, piano  Joseph Smith, piano
(Click on name for Bio)

 

A Lecture-Recital:

The Dawn of Romanticism


Rhapsody in f, Op. 41, No. 1 (1810)    

Václav Jan Tomášek
(1774-1850)
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Impromptu in A, Op. 7, No. 4 (1822)    

Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek
(1791-1825)
Allegretto
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from 24 Etudes de perfectionnement, Op. 70   (1825-26)

Ignaz Moscheles
(1794-1870)
No. 12 in b-flat
No. 9 in Ab
No. 5 in a
No. 2 in e

Intermission


A selection of Nocturnes

John Field
(1782-1837)
Nocturne No. 2 in c, H.25   (1812)

Nocturne No. 18 in E, H.13K   (1832)
    “Twelve O’Clock, the Celebrated Rondo”

Nocturne No. 4 in A, H.36   (1817)
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Invitation to the Dance in Db, Op. 65   (1819)

Carl Maria von Weber
(1786-1826)

Piano by Erard, Paris, 1840

All pianos played in the concerts are from The Frederick Collection

Ashburnham Community Church: 84 Main Street (Rte. 12) at Chapel Street, Ashburnham, MA (GPS: 42.6359, -71.9083)

Admission: $10.00 /adult (children and students, free)

The building is wheelchair accessible.

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