Clinton to present Three Musical Postcards from Vienna

calendar icon01 Sep 2015    

LINCOLN, Neb.— University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Hixson-Lied Professor of Piano Mark Clinton will present Three Musical Postcards from Vienna during his faculty recital Thursday, September 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall.

“The recital represents three very distinct musical “snapshots” from Vienna (Schubert in 1823, Brahms in 1861, and Schoenberg in 1909),” Clinton said. “Each of the three works holds an important place in the canon that we call the standard piano repertoire.”

The Schubert Sonata in A minor (D. 784) is a profound and tragic work that is seen as a harbinger of the composer’s later period works. The Brahms Handel Variations simply are considered one of the most monumental variation sets ever written. The Schoenberg Opus 11 Piano Pieces are the first freely atonal piano works written by the composer, with the third piece of the set being perhaps the first Expressionist piano piece.

This performance is free and open to the public. This performance will also be live webcast: https://arts.unl.edu/music/webcasts