![]() ![]() He grouped these eight pieces into two cycles with four impromptus in each, perhaps so they could be played individually or as a whole cycle. ![]() In 1827, a year before his death, Franz Schubert wrote the Impromptus at the age of thirty. In the deep of the night, two masters - the composer and the artist - struggle for the light of day. The pianist, Franz Vorraber, a romantic and a connoisseur of Schubert, identifies and interprets with great sensitivity the highs and extreme lows of "Franz", the eternal wanderer, who in his day escaped to such distant parts. You will experience a nocturnal tour of an instrumental sound space with unique compositions that exploit the "Grand Piano" in its entirety and make this audiophile experience in the ambience of the Castle Church truly one to remember. Franz Vorraber plays Impromptus and the Wanderer Fantasie by Franz Schubert. Mood-wise, we begin with a real treat: a midnight concert - a soirée in the Bad Homburg Castle Church. In our "Grand Piano Masters" series, we get right into the character and soul of the concert grand piano and experience during the performance the dialogue between the instrument, the virtuoso and the performance space. It has a life all of its own that the virtuoso surrenders himself to, thus bringing to life the work of the composer. ![]() But the truly fascinating thing about it is its individuality, since every instrument is a unicum created by a master. Or I could wax lyrical about its impressive size and elegance. I could now elaborate on how incomparably dynamic an instrument it is, from the most delicate of sounds in a soft minor key to the powerful impact of the fortissimo. H onoured friends of audiophile music, the concert grand piano is incontestably the king of all instruments. ![]()
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