Les Émotions De La Musique: From Bach to Debussy

From the Baroque period onward, composers developed an increasingly refined and sophisticated musical language capable of expressing the full range of human emotions. 🎼 Join pianist Adalberto Maria Riva for an inspiring journey through the evolution of musical expression, exploring timeless masterpieces that reveal how sound became the language of feeling. 💫

The program traces the transformation of emotion in music — from Bach’s Baroque symbolism and Mozart’s expressive tonalities, through Beethoven’s passionate intensity and Chopin’s poetic melancholy, to the shimmering colors of Debussy’s impressionism. 🌟

🎵 Program Highlights:
🎻 Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
🎹 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Fantasy in D minor K.397, Rondo from Sonata K.311
🔥 Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata Op.13 “Pathétique”
💔 Fryderyk Chopin – Funeral March Op.35, Ballade No.1 Op.23
🌙 Robert Schumann – Reverie from Kinderszenen Op.15
💐 Johannes Brahms – Waltz Op.39 No.15
🌾 Claude Debussy – The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

🎫 Admission: CHF 30
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🏆 Prize-winning pianist Adalberto Maria Riva, graduate of the Conservatories of Milan, Lausanne, and Lugano, has performed over Protected content worldwide. Known for his engaging lecture-recitals, he brings to life the rich emotional landscape of piano music across the centuries.