Lucas & Arthur Jussen

Date & Time

Thu, May 8, 2025, 19:30

Venue

Dance liberates. Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in 1913 liberated rhythm, sound, and harmony, scandalizing the Parisian audience. Ravel's La Valse, also for the Ballets Russes, was deemed too dark. Schubert's F-minor Fantasy, with its Hungarian dance rhythms, broke from traditional sonata form. The Jussen brothers' piano duo now invites us to a liberating dance with works by Schubert and Mendelssohn.
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Keywords: SWR Schwetzinger Festspiele

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Musicians

Lucas & Arthur Jussen Klavier

Program

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1809 – 1847	Andante und Allegro brillant A-Dur zu vier Händen op. 92
Franz Schubert 1797 – 1828	Fantasie f-Moll für Klavier zu vier Händen D 940 op. posth. 103
Maurice Ravel 1875 – 1937	La Valse. Poème chorégraphique für Orchester, Fassung für zwei Klaviere
Igor Strawinsky 1882 – 1971	Le Sacre du Printemps, Fassung für zwei Klaviere

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