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

Duo Fuerza

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)