Shai Wosner at Hertz Hall, November 24, 2013

Cal performances presents
Shai Wosner
2013-11-24
Hertz Hall
U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at College Ave, Berkeley, CA
3:00 PM, Sunday, November 24, 2013

Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Drei Klavierstücke, D. 946 (1828)

[3:00 PM lights down, announcements]

1. [3:05 PM] No. 1 in E-flat minor: Allegro assai — Andante — Tempo I
2. [3:11 PM] No. 2 in E-flat major: Allegretto
3. [3:18 PM] No. 3 in C major: Allegro
   [work ends 3:23 PM]

Jörg Widmann (b. 1973): Idyll and Abyss: Six Schubert Reminiscences (2009)

1. [3:23 PM] Unreal, as if from afar
2. [3:00 PM] Allegretto un poco agitato
3. [3:00 PM] Quarter = 40, like a lullaby
4. [3:00 PM] Scherzando
5. [3:00 PM] Quarter = 50
6. [3:00 PM] Mournful, desolate
   [work ends 3:38 PM]

Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Sonata No. 13 in A major for piano, D. 664 (1819)

1. [3:39 PM] Allegro moderator
2. [3:45 PM] Andante
3. [3:49 PM] Allegro
   [work ends 3:56 PM]

Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Sonata No. 21 in B-flat major for piano, D. 960 (1828)

[4:m PM lights down, announcements]

1. [4:13 PM] Molto moderato
2. [4:31 PM] Andante sostenuto
3. [4:41 PM] Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza
4. [4:00 PM] Allegro, ma non troppo
   [set ends 4:53 PM]
    
   Encore
5. [4:54 PM] ? schubert hungarian melody
   [show ends 4:58 PM]

• Shai Wosner: piano.

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Being wedged in on both sides by overweight old guys makes for an additional challenge in enjoying the show. Not impossible, mind you, as Schubert continuously invites the listener to be swept away within his melodies, but more difficult, yes.

Offering an additional challenge is Wosner, as he seems to want to rush things on without pause for rest or reflection. The lights dim. The stage door opens. Shai strides out, acknowledges our applause with a wave, then sits down to play. Similarly, the break between works is also quite brief – perhaps it's his performance rhetoric – but I don't like it. Silence and space contribute to the beauty of music as well as the cascade of melody; to ignore these

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