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Piano
Theme and Variations, Op. 6 No. 2
Instrumentation: piano soloComposed: 1949 (completed July 15)
Performance Time: 22 min.
Preview: SCORE (pdf, 600 KB)
Score available from: The Schubert Club (email: schubert@schubert.org).
Program Note:
Eight variations bookended respectfully by a theme and fugue, this neo-romantic suite explores the many colors of the instrument. Each short variation develops a fresh perspective on the theme, from glitteringly lyrical to wildly bombastic. A concert piece waiting to be discovered.
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I. Theme (1:30)
II. Variation I (0:45)
III. Variation II (2:15)
IV. Variation III ( 0:30)
V. Variation IV (2:00)
VI. Variation V (1:30)
VII. Variation VI (1:45)
VIII. Variation VII (2:00)
IX. Variation VIII, funeral march (4:30)
X. Fugue (5:15)
Recorded by distinguished Norwegian pianist Eva Knardahl, August 10 1949, in Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
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