Fiachra Garvey, piano
Ives: "The Alcotts" from Sonata no 2 "Concord"
Rachmaninov: 3 Nocturnes
Field: Nocturne no 2 in c minor
Chopin: Mazurka op 24 no 2 in C major
Schumann: Kreisleriana op 16
Starting with "The Alcotts", which Ives described as "the impression of the spirit of transcendentalism", we immediately enter the world of the intangible. Field, the father of the nocturne, was an enormous influence on Chopin, Rachmaninov and all others who wrote in this form thereafter. To finish, Schumann's Kreisleriana, dedicated to Chopin, a series of 8 fantasy pieces inspired by an eccentric, wild and witty conductor.

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