Faure Gabriel - Theme and Variations Op 73 Piano Solo Christmas Ensemble namely to compose preludes in

namely to compose preludes in all keys as Bach and Chopin had done before

Verdi - Brindisi from Traviata

some of them turbulent in spirit while graceful in form”

Kaspar Kummer (1795-1870): Aus der Jugendzeit / De la jeunesse aus / from / de: Lyrische Klänge nach Friedrich Rückerts Gedichten / Pièces lyriques d'après des poèmes de Friedrich Rückert

Professor of Trumpet at Florida State University

Faure Gabriel - Theme and Variations Op 73 Piano Solo Christmas Ensemble namely to compose preludes inAt last Faurs brilliant masterpiece is available in a modern urtext edition! This vibrant set of variations was premired in Londons St James Hall on 10 December 1896 and appeared in print the following year in Paris and London. No autographs or manuscript copies of it have survived. Thme et Variations pays homage to the German tradition, taking Robert Schumanns Symphonic Etudes in particular as a model for its form and rhythmic vitality.