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Paul Lewis(pf)のシューベルト後期ピアノ曲演奏 [音楽時評]

7月初めに王子ホールでシューベルト晩年のピアノ曲を演奏予定の Paul が,シカゴでほぼ同じ曲目でシューベルト・リサイタルを開いた音楽評が掲載されていたのでご紹介します.

評者は,シューベルトの作風が,1822年に疾病(梅毒)にかかってから以後の後期には,明るい,快活な作風から大きく変わったと断じています.Once the Austrian composer was diagnosed with syphilis, in 1822, the expressive nature and message of his music changed. Sorrow and melancholy became more evident, even in works wearing a sunny exterior.

Lewis' deep insights into the emotional complications of this music were matched by his firm grasp of classical structure and the ways in which Schubert's lyrical gift illuminates that structure. This was Schubert playing of a very high order.Lewis' program focused on works dating from the final four years of Schubert's tragically short life (he died in 1828, at 31). Two masterpieces – the four Impromptus, Opus 90 (D.899) and the Piano Sonata in G major (D.894) – were set off by less familiar fare, notably the 12 Waltzes (D.145) and "Hungarian Melody" in B minor (D.817).                        というのは,まさしく7月1日に予定されているLewis の王子ホールのプログラムとそっくり重なります.

この演奏会がキャンセルされずに実現することを切に期待するものです

Paul Lewis' Schubert recital a thing of rare beauty

May 23, 2011|By John von Rhein | Classical music critic

Paul Lewis' ongoing cycle of late Schubert piano works here is notable not only for its remarkably thoughtful and beautifully finished pianism but also for its correcting the perception of Schubert as a composer of cheerful, cozy, Biedermeier salon works. Once the Austrian composer was diagnosed with syphilis, in 1822, the expressive nature and message of his music changed. Sorrow and melancholy became more evident, even in works wearing a sunny exterior.

That sense of tears barely disguised by laughter was palpable throughout much of the second installment of the British pianist's two-season Schubert survey, Sunday afternoon at Orchestra Hall. Lewis' deep insights into the emotional complications of this music were matched by his firm grasp of classical structure and the ways in which Schubert's lyrical gift illuminates that structure. This was Schubert playing of a very high order.

Lewis' program focused on works dating from the final four years of Schubert's tragically short life (he died in 1828, at 31). Two masterpieces – the four Impromptus, Opus 90 (D.899) and the Piano Sonata in G major (D.894) – were set off by less familiar fare, notably the 12 Waltzes (D.145) and "Hungarian Melody" in B minor (D.817).


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