In this series, Paul Lewis introduces, and then performs, Schubert's Drei Klavierstucke - three piano pieces written in the last year of Schubert's life.
In this podcast, Paul Lewis, discusses the first of the three pieces, touching on its shape, its origins - including its deleted original third section - and its feeling of "nervous energy", its drive and shivering beauty. Following Paul Lewis's introduction, he performs the piece in its entirety (music begins at 4m26)
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