Chopin e Schumann - Carlo Angione

On Wednesday, June 10, at 5 PM, the musical program of the "Concerts in the Library" 2026 series by EurOrchestra continues, under the artistic direction of Maestros Francesco Lentini and Angela Montemurro: the musical season is organized in synergy with the National Library Sagarriga Visconti of Bari, to celebrate the connection between live musical art, memory, and historical culture. At the Auditorium of the Library (the venue for all events, with free entry, located at via Pietro Oreste 45), the concert "Piano Poetry" will take place, featuring pianist Carlo Angione, a young teacher at the Conservatory of Foggia, and one of the most refined artists of the latest generation of the Apulian piano school.

The concert will guide the audience into the poetic dimension of Robert Schumann and Fryderyk Chopin, both born in 1810 and united by an artistic sensitivity marked by unease, inner tension, and a continual quest for expression. These two figures transformed personal suffering into one of the highest forms of musical lyricism of the 19th century, nurturing a deep mutual respect and admiration.

The program will open with Schumann's "Blumenstück" (Flower Pieces) op. 19, composed in 1839: a sequence of pianistic miniatures linked by thematic and atmospheric references, almost a bouquet of musical flowers idealistically offered to the writer Jean Paul, a beloved author of the German composer. These intimate and fluid pages are suspended between narrative fantasy, melancholy, and sudden visionary impulses.

From Chopin, the Mazurka op. 24 no. 2 and the Mazurka op. 41 no. 2 will be performed, in which the Polish composer transfigures the national popular dance into a refined language rich in harmonic nuances, rubatos, and poetic inquietudes. The mazurkas indeed represent one of the deepest aspects of Chopin's identity: music of memory, nostalgia, and distance.

The centerpiece of the concert will be the famous Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35, composed between 1837 and 1839, an authentic monument of romantic piano literature. The structure of the work traverses dramatic tension, virtuosity, and visionariness: from the powerful "Grave – Doppio movimento" opening to the driving "Scherzo," culminating in the renowned "Funeral March," which has become one of the most iconic pages in the entire history of Western music. The final "Presto," enigmatic and spectral, dissolves any melodic reference in a feverish and almost abstract rush, remarkably anticipating the musical sensitivities of the 20th century.

Carlo Angione, who graduated at a young age with top honors, distinction, and honorary mention from the "Niccolò Piccinni" Conservatory in Bari under the guidance of Angela Montemurro, has perfected his skills with masters such as Aldo Ciccolini and Emanuele Arciuli, also studying at the Music School of Fiesole and the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. A winner of numerous national and international competitions, he has performed in important European venues such as the Teatro Bibiena in Mantua, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Pinacoteca di Brera, and the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, collaborating with orchestras such as the Orchestra of Teatro Petruzzelli, the Chamber Orchestra of Mantua, and the Bacau Philharmonic.
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