Janáček, Beethoven, Ullmann & Schumann: Piano Sonatas

Featuring

Hanna Bachmann
Leoš Janáček
Ludwig van Beethoven
Viktor Ullmann
Robert Schumann

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Performer Biography

Pianist Hanna Bachmann, born in 1993, began piano lessons at age six and has won multiple national and international competitions, including the 'International Bachelor Piano Award 2015'.

Composer Biography

Viktor Ullmann, an Austrian composer of Jewish descent and a member of Arnold Schönberg's circle, was deported to Theresienstadt and later died in Auschwitz.

Compositional Technique

Viktor Ullmann's 7th Piano Sonata incorporates a Hebrew folk song, a Czech Hussite song, a Lutheran hymn, and the musical motif BACH.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The album explores how personal events in a composer's life influence their work, questioning whether music can ever be truly free from external circumstances.

Composition History

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26, 'Les Adieux', was composed in 1809 following the hasty departure of the imperial family from Vienna to Hungary.

Historical Context

Viktor Ullmann's 7th Piano Sonata was composed in the Theresienstadt ghetto, which was presented as a 'model camp' but served as a transit station to extermination camps.

Composition History

Leoš Janáček's Sonata '1.X.1905' was inspired by violent clashes between Czech and German ethnic groups in Brno that led to the death of a factory worker.