nosagcd 228 - SOLVEIG WIKMAN, PIANO /
/ DAS JAHR

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel's piano cycle ”Das Jahr” (The Year) was completed in December 1841. At the age of thirty-six, Fanny succeeded in producing a major piano composition, which dramatically expanded the scope of the small-scale piano pieces she had hitherto composed.

In the spring of 1840 Fanny wrote to her sister Rebecka: ”I have composed a lot recently and I have named the short piano pieces after my favourite places. Some of the pieces came into my mind whilst I was in the places themselves, others were composed whilst reflecting memories of wonderful excursions. Henceforth the cycle will be a pleasant souvenir, a kind of second diary.”

Solveig Wikman´s debut on the concert platform took place in 1965 and since then she has given concerts as a soloist, performed chamber music and acted as an accompanist all over Sweden, the neigh-bouring Nordic countries and other countries. She has also played piano duets with her husband Bertil Wikman for concerts, radio, TV and recordings.

 


 

CONTENTS:

Das Jahr
~ 12 Charakterstücke für das Forte-Piano
1Januar (Ein Traum)3’40
2Februar (Scherzo)3’28
3März4’53
4April (Capriccioso)3’25
5Mai (Frühlingslied)2’58
6Juni (Serenade)5’49
7Juli (Serenade)3’09
8August4’26
9September (Am Flusse)3’18
10Oktober3’53
11November6’01
12Dezember5’03
13Nachspiel (Choral)2’10
14Abschied von Rom 3’39
Total time 55’53





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