This sonata was Schumann's idea and was intended as a gift and tribute to the violinist Joseph Joachim, with whom the three composers Schumann, Brahms and Dietrich had recently become friends. Joachim had chosen as his motto the phrase in the Romantic spirit Frei aber einsam (free but alone), and the idea was to use the three notes F-A-E as often as possible and in all movements.
SCHUMANN, Robert
Sonata FAE
SCHUMANN, Clara
Romances
RAVEL
Tzigane
BARTOK
Rhapsodie n°2
PIAZZOLLA
Café 1930
Deborah Nemtanu was a guest at the Printemps Musical des Alizés festival in Essaouira, Morocco, last week for two concerts,…
Read moreDeborah Nemtanu was a guest at the Printemps Musical des Alizés festival in Essaouira, Morocco, last week for two concerts, in chamber music with pianist Romain Descharmes, and in concerto with the Moroccan Philharmonic Orchestra.
Click here to discover an extract and an interview with Deborah Nemtanu.
