Music from the Frederick Collection

41st Fall Season of the Historical Piano Concerts

New Dawn Arts Center,

Ashburnham Community Church, Ashburnham, MA

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Concert 2

Sunday at 3:00 pm, 6 September 2026

Margarita Nuller

piano by Érard & Cie., Paris (1836)

Lightness of Touch

Mendelssohn, Schumann, Chopin

3 Caprices, Op. 33 (1833-35)        

        No. 1 in a  Adagio quasi fantasia – Presto agitato        

        No. 2 in E  Allegro grazioso

        No. 3 in B Adagio – Presto con fuoco

Felix Mendelssohn

(1809-1847)

Papillons, Op. 2 (1829-31),        

Zwölf Metamorphosen über die Noten A-S-C-H        

        Introduction Moderato

        1. Walzer 

        2. Walzer  Prestissimo

        3. Walzer 

        4. Walzer  Presto

        5. Polonaise 

        6. Walzer 

        7. Walzer  Semplice

        8. Walzer 

        9. Walzer  Prestissimo

        10. Walzer  Vivo

        11. Polonaise 

        12. Finale  , concluding with the Großvater-Tanz,

           the Grandfather Dance, the traditional end to a ball

Robert Schumann

(1810-1856)

Etudes        

        in E, Op. 10, No. 3 (1829; rev. 1832) "Tristesse"

           Lento, ma non troppo

        in c#, Op. 10, No. 4  Presto

        in G, Op. 10, No. 5   Vivace "Black Keys"

        in A, Op. 25, No. 1 (1832-36)  Allegro sostenuto "Harpe Æolienne"

        in f, Op. 25, No. 2  Presto "Les Abeilles"

Frédéric Chopin

        (1810-1849)

Impromptu No 2 in F#, Op. 36 (1838-39)        

        Allegretto (Andantino)

Chopin

Scherzo No. 4 in E, Op. 54 (1842)        

        Presto – Più lento – Tempo primo

Chopin

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