Piano Concert

The Programme

Music for piano four hands – from Brahms and Schubert to The Carnival of the Animals.

1. Johannes Brahms

   Waltzes, Op. 39

   Selection: Nos. 1, 10, 11, 4 and 15

   About the work

   Five miniatures open the evening, moving between joyful energy and quiet wistfulness. Each waltz begins a new little scene with a character of its own.

2. Stefan Kraus

   Tempus non fugit

   About the work

   The past remains present, and a single moment can feel endless. In this work, time becomes an inner space in which memories linger.

3. Franz Schubert

   Fantasy in F minor, Op. 103 (D 940)

   About the work

   A quiet, questioning idea leads through lyrical calm, dramatic outbursts and a fugue. The sections flow into one another without a break; at the end, the opening returns like a memory.

Interval

4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

   Sonata in C major, K. 521

   I. Allegro · II. Andante · III. Allegretto

   About the work

   A musical conversation for two: the voices take up each other’s ideas and carry them forward. The brilliance of the Allegro gives way to the calm of the Andante and the lightness of the finale.

5. Camille Saint-Saëns

   Le Carnaval des animaux – The Carnival of the Animals

   Selection · Arrangement for piano four hands

   • No. 1 · Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
   • No. 4 · Tortoises
   • No. 5 · The Elephant
   • No. 7 · Aquarium
   • No. 8 · Characters with Long Ears
   • No. 9 · The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
   • No. 11 · Pianists
   • No. 12 · Fossils
   • No. 13 · The Swan
   • No. 14 · Finale
   About the work

   Musical animal portraits full of wit and imagination: a lion strides, tortoises move slowly, and the aquarium begins to shimmer. Even the pianists join the menagerie. The swan brings a moment of stillness before the finale sets everyone in motion again.

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