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CLARA’S CIRCLE
This year’s Keyboard Festival explores the music of Clara Schumann and her contemporaries. Born
200 years ago, Clara was a distinguished pianist and composer whose long life both witnessed
and influenced the fast-changing musical landscape of the 19th century. We play some of her solo
piano music and songs, as well as the works she performed in her career as a concert pianist.
We also tell the stories of her friendships with Chopin, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Liszt, as well as
Clara’s passionate relationship with Robert Schumann.

Professor Vanessa Latarche

Chair of International Keyboard Studies and Head of Keyboard
Associate Director for Partnerships in China
Royal College of Music

This event will be streamed live at www.rcm.ac.uk/live

The Senior Common Room will be open 10.30am–6.30pm serving a range of sandwiches,
snacks and beverages.

Clara’s Circle is curated by Ian Jones, Deputy Head of Keyboard. Special thanks must
be given to the following people for their support in the organisation of the festival.
Thank you everyone!

David Graham Professor in Charge of Organ

Simon Lepper Collaborative Piano Co-ordinator
Chris Moulton Head of Keyboard Technical Services
Alex Beattie Faculty Office & Faculty Performance Co-ordinator, Chinese Partnerships and
Faculty Officer (Keyboard)
Robert Cheung Narrator
Sonya Pigot Narrator

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Programme details correct at time of going to print.

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Sunday 10 March 2019

Clara and Chopin 11am

Clara Schumann 4 Polonaises op 1 Tsz Long John Lee

No 2 Polonaise in C major

Chopin Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart’s Berniya Hamie

Don Giovanni op 2

H Herz Variations sur la Violette op 48 Jacky Zhang

Chopin Mazurkas op 7 Simo Sisevic

No 1 in B flat major

Clara Schumann Soirées Musicales op 6 Lantian Gu

No 5 Mazurka in G major

Clara Schumann Quatre pièces caractéristiques op 5 Jessie Chua

No 4 Scene fantastique: Le Ballet des Revenants

Chopin Mazurkas op 17 Eba Arao

No 4 in A minor

Chopin Barcarolle op 60 Yinzhi Yuan

Chopin Polonaise in A flat major op 53 ‘Heroric’ Nan Kang

Clara and Robert Schumann 12.05pm

Robert Schumann Papillons op 2 Yuanxu Zou

Clara Schumann Caprices en forme de valse op 2 Francisco Vilar

No 1 in C major

Clara Schumann Caprices en forme de valses op 2 Nurry Lee

No 3 in E flat major

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Clara Schumann Caprices en forme de valses op 2 Rustam Khanmurzin
No 8 in E flat major

Robert Schumann Toccata op 7 Quoc Nguyen

Clara Schumann Soirées Musicales op 6 Nataly Ganina

No 1 Toccatina

Robert Schumann Noveletten in F sharp minor op 21 no 8 Ilayda Deniz Oguz

Clara Schumann Soirées Musicales op 6 Irena Radić

No 2 Notturno

Robert Schumann Bunte Blätter op 99 (extracts) Sofia Peciña Medina

Robert Schumann 6 Concert Etudes after Paganini Caprices op10 Dominic Doutney
No 6 in E minor

Robert Schumann 6 Concert Etudes after Paganini Caprices op10 Pietro Fresa
No 2 in G minor

INTERVAL

Continues at 2pm

JS Bach Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor BWV 849, Aidan Chan
from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 harpsichord

Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke op 12 Roelof Temmingh

No 7 Traumes Wirren

Clara Schumann Sechs Lieder aus Jucunde op 23 Brian Hughes piano

No 3 Geheimes Flüstern Ffion Edwards soprano
Am Strande

JS Bach Prelude and Fugue in B flat major BWV 866, Antoine Pichon
from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 harpsichord

JS Bach Prelude and Fugue in E major BWV 878, Timea Daradics

from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 harpsichord

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JS Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor op 16 no 3 Will Fielding organ

JS Bach Prelude and fugue in A minor BWV 543 James Tett organ

Robert Schumann Davidsbündlertänze op 6 Zabrina Ng

i Lebhaft
ii Innig
vi Sehr rasch
vii Nicht schnell
ix Lebhaft

Clara Schumann Lieder op 12 Xue Mao piano

No 4 Liebst du um Schönheit Poppy Shotts soprano
Robert Schumann Myrthen op 25
No 25 Aus den östlichen Rosen

Robert Schumann 6 Intermezzi op 4 Jack Campbell

No 6 Allegro in B minor

Robert Schumann 3 Romances op 28 Rachele Howes

No 2 in F sharp major

Clara and the Mendelssohns 3.15pm

Mendelssohn Capriccio op 5 Danbi Heo

Fanny Das Jahr Sophia Liu

Mendelssohn Januar
Mai

Scarlatti Sonata in F minor K 466 Amelia Widjaja

Beethoven 32 Variations in C minor WoO 80

Mendelssohn Songs Without Words op 67 Yiyi Su

No 4 Presto

Mendelssohn Songs Without Words op 62 Marianne Huang Yueyin

No 6 Allegretto non troppo

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Clara and Liszt 4.10pm

Henselt Variations de concert sur le motif de l’opéra Thomas Kelly

‘L’elisir d’amore’ op 1

Clara Schumann Variations de Concert sur la Cavatine du Pirate de George Campbell

Bellini op 8
Introduzione
Cavatina theme: Andantino
Variation 1: Più Allegro
Variation 3: Brillante (C minor)
Allegro quasi Fantasia à capriccio
Variation 4: Brillante e passionate; volante

Thalberg Fantasia on Rossini’s Moses op 33 Sonya Pigot

Liszt 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert S558 (transcription) Michelle Candotti

No 4 Erlkönig

Liszt 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert S558 (transcription) Pui Yee Lau
No 8 Gretchen am Spinnrade

Liszt Grandes études de Paganini Patryk Frac

No 2 in E flat major

Clara Schumann Impromptu in G major op 9 ‘Souvenir de Vienne’ Ana Bursac

Clara Schumann Lieder op 12 Shile Liu piano

No 11 Warum willst du andere Fragen Stephanie Hershaw
soprano
6 Lieder op 13
No 5 Ich hab’ in deinem Auge

Clara and Brahms 5.30pm

Brahms Scherzo in E flat minor op 4 Victor Dai

Clara Schumann 3 Romances op 21 Peiyao Su

No 1 Andante

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Brahms Sonata for Two Pianos op 34b Tolga Atalay Un piano
i Allegro non troppo in F minor Victor Maslov piano

Clara Schumann 3 Romances for Violin and Piano op 22 Ella O’Neill piano
No 1 Andante molto Samuel Hau violin

Clara Schumann 3 Romances op 22 Alexander Stobbs piano

No 2 Allegretto: Mit zartem Vortrage Joy Lisney cello

Brahms Gavotte in A major (after Gluck) Peter Regan

Brahms 16 Waltzes op 39 (for piano four hands) Sofia Peciña Medina piano
i Tempo giusto in B major Tolga Atalay Un piano
ii E major
iv Poco sostenuto in E minor
vi Vivace in C sharp major
vii Poco più Andante in C sharp minor
xii E major
xiii C major
xiv A minor
xv A major

Brahms 6 Klavierstücke op 118 Irina Vaterl

No 2 Intermezzo. Andante teneramente

Clara Schumann Romance in B minor ‘In loving memory’ Cristiana Achim

RCM SPARKS AT THE KEYBOARD FESTIVAL: IT’S A PIANO PARTY!

RCM Sparks, the Royal College of Music’s learning and participation programme, engages
children from their early years up to age 18, both at the RCM and in the wider community.
This year RCM Sparks is delighted to be part of the Keyboard Festival. Drop in to test your
skills on the oversized floor piano and various craft activities throughout the day, or join the
team for the scheduled family-friendly workshops below:
11am | Whole group keyboard workshop with animateur Rachel Leach.
All ages and abilities are welcome, including beginners. Children can be unaccompanied
for this session but parents are also welcome to stay and get involved.

1pm | Interactive storytelling with Rachel Leach and RCM musicians. Explore
illustrated children’s book The Bear and the Piano through words and music.

1.45pm | ‘Have a go’ sessions. Learn more about the College’s Flentrop organ,
celeste and our Steinway pianos with top RCM musicians.
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