Paganini / Schubert

"I have heard an angel sing," wrote Schubert after he heard Paganini play in Vienna in 1828. Vilde Frang, partnered by pianist Michael Lifits, juxtaposes and links works by these two violinist-composers, who lived vastly different lives, yet are musically connected. Both found inspiration in the human voice and Frang sheds new light on Schubert's demands for virtuosity and on Paganini's sensitive musicality. Vilde Frang, partnered by pianist Michael Lifits, has assembled a programme that juxtaposes music by two violinist-composers of the early 19th century, Franz Schubert and Niccolò Paganini. While they lived vastly different lives and inhabited diverse aesthetic worlds, there are links to be found between them.

Schubert: Fantaisie in C major D 934 / Paganini: I Palpiti, Introduction and Variations on 'Di Tanti Palpiti' from Rossini's Tancredi / Schubert-Liszt: Valse caprice No. 6 'Soirées de Vienne' / Schubert: Rondo D 895 Op. 70 "Rondeau Brillant" / Paganini: Cantabile / Schubert-Ernst: Grand caprice on Der Erlkönig D 328