Review: MusicWebInternational
Ilmari Hannikainen
from Impressions, Op.11b (1915/16)
1. No.3 – Conversation
Nikolai Medtner
from Romantic Sketches, Op.54 (1933)
2. No.7 – Prélude (Hymne)
3. No.8 – Märchen (Der Bettler)
Albert Bertelin
4. Nocturne in F sharp minor (1911)
Viktor Kosenko
5. Nocturne in F sharp minor, Op.9 No.3 (1921)
Edvard Grieg
6. Improvisations on two Norwegian Folk-Songs, Op.29 (1878)
Rued Langgaard
7. Stambogsblad, BVN 38 (1909)
Leopold Godowsky
from Java Suite, Part 3 (1924/25)
8. No.7 – Three Dances
9. No.8 – The Gardens of Buitenzorg
Cécile Chaminade
10. Étude romantique in G flat major, Op.132 (1909)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
from 24 Negro Melodies, Op.59 (1905)
11. No.10 – Deep River
Kurt Weill/Ronald Stevenson
12. Threepenny Sonatina (1987/88)
Walter Niemann
from Moderne Tanzsuite, Op.115 (1929)
13. No.2 – Valse Boston
14. No.4 – Tango
Leo Kok
15. Intermezzo en forme de Tango (1923)
Reynaldo Hahn
16. Los Enamorados, Tango-Habanera (1926)
Francis Poulenc
17. Les chemins de l’amour (1940)
Husum CD 2024 ©
When Peter Froundjian conceived a festival devoted exclusively to unknown and rarely played piano music,
some might have thought the idea too ambitious or even foolhardy. It proved to be a stroke of genius, and
since 1987 the strong support of audiences from many countries has been consistent. It has kept its intimate
atmosphere, with a maximum of 130 listeners in the Rittersaal of Husum castle, and 40 more beyond an open
door, with a TV screen to keep in touch. Its influence around the world has been considerable, with more
ambitious concert programmes in evidence and record companies willing to take on a wider repertoire.
The radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur usually records two concerts for broadcast, and the programmes
are archived on the Web for some time. One of the few benefits of the Covid pandemic was the wider use of
Livestream relays, and Husum has taken a small step in making one or two concerts available worldwide in that
way. It enabled a viewer in Singapore, who was unable to make his usual visit, to write a detailed review of
Patrick Hemmerlé’s concert, complete with photographs, on his piano blog Pianofortephilia, which isstill available
online. Information about both the radio broadcasts and the livestream can be found in the festival brochure at
piano-festival-husum.com.
RELEASE DATE: JULY 2025
CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 989
EAN: 5709499989005
