ANTHONY PHILIP HEINRICH – THE AMERICAN BEETHOVEN / MORAVIAN AUTUMN

Pavel Farský graduated in piano from the Prague Conservatoire and the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts, Brno, as well as the Prague University of Economics and Business. Since 1998, he has intensively studied and performed the works of Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781–1861), the first professional American composer, who was born in Bohemia, in Krásný Buk near Česká Lípa. Farský has been presenting Heinrich’s works in concert and is also the author of the Czech-German book Anthony Philip Heinrich – americký Beethoven z Krásné Lípy. His recital is conceived as a combination of a performance of Heinrich’s works (and Beethoven’s Piano Variations in C minor for context) and a talk about the composer.

LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80

ANTHONY PHILIP HEINRICH
The Prague Waltz, The Fair Bohemian, Gipsey Dance, The Embarkation March, The Debarkation March, Vivat Britain’s Fair!, Multum in Parvo, The Camanche Revel, The Sioux Gaillarde, The Manitou Air Dance, Žalost Čechů! The Student’s Hymn, Katinka – la Bohemienne, The New York Rondo

Pavel Farský piano, commentary

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