Songs of the Morning: The First and Last Light

Robert Schumann’s last work for solo piano, Gesänge der Frühe Op. 133, is an unusual composition cycle that is difficult to appreciate upon first listen and is rarely performed live. In my master project, I am shining a light on this work in different contexts. This concert, the first part of my project, will be contemplative and circular in nature, much like the titular composition. It will figuratively follow the course of one day from the early morning through the night and finally through dawn again. Gesänge der Frühe (Morning Songs or Dawn Songs) will open and close the concert.

• Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133
• Ludvig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Sonata No. 31 in A-Flat Major, Op. 110
• Leoš Janáček (1854–1928): In the Mists
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): Three Intermezzos, Op. 117
• R. Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe

• Barbora Cejpová (piano)
• Lukáš Červený (video)