A mini Schubertiade on this Whit Monday morning!
Various facets of this composer are highlighted. The impromptu for piano solo and the sonatina for violin and piano show his mastery for beautiful miniatures, moving in their simplicity.
Schubert was known as a songwriter, and it inspired Belgian composer Jean-Luc Fafchamps to write a seven-song cycle with a slow progression from Schubert to his own music.
Plus a special reunion between two fantastic pianists. After studying together in Moscow, old friends Madzar and Melnikov meet in Halloy and play Schubert’s beautiful variations for four hands.

Franz Schubert – Impromptu D.899 n° 1 in c minor 
Aleksandar Madžar (piano)

Franz Schubert – Sonatine n° 1 for violin and piano, D384 in D Major
Sini Simonen (violin), Florian Noack (piano)

Schubert/Fafchamps  – “Lust auf Sehnsucht” , 7 songs arranged for soprano and string quartet by Jean-Luc Fafchamps
Lore Binon (soprano), Tim Crawford, Vincent Hepp (violin), Clément Holvoet (viola), David Waterman (cello)

Franz Schubert – Variations for piano 4h D.813, op.35 in A flat major, “Variations sur un thème original”
Aleksandar Madžar, Alexander Melnikov (piano)