Music from the Frederick Collection
41st Fall Season of the Historical Piano Concerts
New Dawn Arts Center,
Ashburnham Community Church, Ashburnham, MA
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Concert 1
Sunday at 3:00 pm, 30 August 2026
James D’León & Alwen Yeung, piano four-hands
piano by Ignaz Bösendorfer, Vienna (1832)
Four-hands Masterpieces
Schubert, Schumann & Mendelssohn
Fantasia in f, D.940 (1828) 1. Allegro molto moderato 2. Largo 3. Scherzo Allegro vivace 4. Finale Allegro molto moderato | Franz Schubert (1797-1828) |
Allegro in a, D.947 (1828) "Lebensstürme" Allegro, ma non troppo | Schubert |
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (1838) Scenes from Childhood arr. for piano four-hands by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823-1903) 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen Of foreign lands and peopule 2. Kuriose Geschichte An odd tale 3. Hasche-Mann Blind man’s buff 4. Bittendes Kind Pleading child 5. Glückes genug Happy enough 6. Wichtige Begebenheit An important occurrence 7. Träumerei Dreaming 8. Am Kamin At the hearth 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd Hobbyhorse knight 10. Fast zu ernst Almost too serious 11. Fürchtenmachen Intimidating 12. Kind im Einschlummern Child falling asleep 13. Der Dichter spricht The poet speaks | Robert Schumann (1810-1856) |
Andante & Allegro brillant in A, Op. 92 (1841) Andante – Allegro assai vivace | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) |