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W A MOZART
Fantasy in C Minor K475, Sonata in C Minor K457- Allegro molto, Adagio, Allegro assai.
Although composed independently, these two works are often performed together. They were published at the same time and share the tragic key of C Minor.
The Fantasy is difficult to recognise as a work by Mozart. It is expansive and highly expressive, touching on a profusion of different moods, some stormy, some lyrical, some introspective, but ending as it began with ominous bass octaves.
The sonata is dramatic, but compact. It must surely have been the inspiration for Beethoven's Pathetique Piano Sonata, also in C Minor. The last movement in particular has the sharp dynamic contrasts and breathtaking pauses that we have come to associate with Beethoven.
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Three Mazurkas Opus 59 - Moderato, Allegretto, Vivace
Nocturne in D flat Opus 27 No 2
Impromptu No 1 in A flat Opus 29
Impromptu No 2 in F sharp Opus 36
Chopin composed 58 Mazurkas in all. Many of his works of different genres are either inspired by the Mazurka or have parts of Mazurkas within them. Although Chopin did not invent the Mazurka form, it was he alone who put the Mazurka on the public stage and refined it into high art. In his Mazurkas, you get to know the very soul of Poland .
Similarly with the Nocturne, Chopin expanded an already existing form into something exquisite. His mastery of piano technique and the short form is still unrivalled.
Having a Polish mother and French father, and living for many years in Paris, he conveyed the brilliance of salon music in his waltzes and impromptus.
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