# Javier Perianes at Herbst Theatre, February 7, 2024

[San Francisco Performances](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Herbst%20Theatre%22+Javier%20Perianes) presents [Javier Perianes](http://www.javierperianes.com/)  
[Herbst Theatre](http://www.sfwmpac.org/herbst-theatre)  
[Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Veterans'+Building,+San+Francisco+War+Memorial+Performing+Arts+Center,+401+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4522+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Wednesday, February 7, 2024

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## Set One

[7:30 PM] {lights down, pre-recorded announcements}  
[7:31 PM] {JP out}

### Clara Schumann: Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20

Clara Schumann (1819–1896): Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20 (1853)

01. [7:31 PM] Thema. Ziemlich langsam
02. [7:33 PM] Variation I
03. [7:33 PM] Variation II
04. [7:35 PM] Variation III
05. [7:36 PM] Variation IV
06. [7:37 PM] Variation V
07. [7:38 PM] Variation VI
08. [7:39 PM] Variation VII  
[7:43 PM] {work ends; applause}

### Robert Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 3, Mvt III

Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Sonata No. 3 for Piano in F Minor, Op. 14, III. Variations on a theme of Clara Wieck (1836)

09. [7:43 PM] Andantino de Clara Wieck
10. [7:44 PM] Var I
11. [7:45 PM] Var II
12. [7:47 PM] Var III
13. [7:48 PM] Var IV  
[7:51 PM] {work ends; applause}

### Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Op. 9

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Op. 9 (1854)

14. [7:51 PM] Thema. Ziemlich langsam
15. [7:52 PM] Var I - L'istesso tempo
16. [7:54 PM] Var II - Poco più moto
17. [7:54 PM] Var III - Tempo di tema
18. [7:55 PM] Var IV - Poco più moto
19. [7:56 PM] Var V - Allegro capriccioso
20. [7:57 PM] Var VI - Allegro
21. [7:58 PM] Var VII - Andante
22. [7:59 PM] Var VIII - Andante (non troppo lento)
23. [8:00 PM] Var IX - Schnell
24. [8:01 PM] Var X - Poco Adagio
25. [8:03 PM] Var XI - Un poco più animato
26. [8:04 PM] Var XII - Allegretto, poco scherzando - Presto
27. [8:04 PM] Var XIII - Non troppo Presto
28. [8:05 PM] Var XIV - Andante
29. [8:06 PM] Var XV - Poco Adagio
30. [8:07 PM] Var XVI - [Adagio]  
[8:09 PM] {applause at end of set}  
[8:10 PM] {set break!}

## Set Two: Granados: Goyescas

[8:25 PM] {lights down, JP out, sits down and starts playing before the initial applause tapers off}

Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña AKA Enrique Granados \(1867–1916): _Goyescas, Los majos enamorados (The Gallants in Love)_, Op. 11 (1914)

01. [8:26 PM] _Los requiebros (The Compliments)_
02. [8:35 PM] _Coloquio en la reja (Conversation at the Window)_
03. [8:46 PM] _El fandango de candil (Fandango by Candlelight)_
04. [8:52 PM] _Quejas, o La Maja y el ruiseñor (Complaint, or the Girl and the Nightingale)_
05. [8:58 PM] _El Amor y la muerte (Balada) (Ballad of Love and Death)_
06. [9:10 PM] _Epilogo: Serenata del espectro (Epilogue: Serenade of the Spectre)_  
[9:18 PM] {applause at end of set}

### Encore: de Falla: Danza Ritual del Fuego

01. [9:19 PM] Manuel de Falla \(1876–1946): _Danza Ritual del Fuego (Ritual Fire Dance)_, Mvt VIII from _El amor brujo (Love, the sorcerer)_ (1915; arr 1921)  
[9:22 PM] {final applause}  
[9:23 PM] {show ends}


## Performers

* [Javier Perianes](http://www.javierperianes.com/): piano.

## Notes

The "theme by Robert Schumann", taken from _Bunte Blätter (Coloured Leaves)_, Op.99, Mvt IV _Albumblätter (Album leaf)_, seemed like awfully thin material to me. Maybe Clara and JB took up the notion of spinning out variations as a game or challenge? Something to do to amuse one's friends? I thought the [wiki page for Albumblätter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_leaf) hinted at that too.

I thought it was nifty of JP to program Robert's variations on a theme by Clara as the middle piece of the first set -- it was a good break from the repetition of the initial theme in the first and last selections!

Stephen Smoliar posted a [review](https://therehearsalstudio.blogspot.com/2024/02/perianes-returns-with-german-spanish.html) that fails to mention the omission of the final portion of the complete _Goyescas_ suite, _El Pelele_. Very peculiar! He walked out of the hall just a few people ahead of me at the end of the night, so it can't be the case that he skipped out early. Maybe he was snoozing at the end of the second set?

SFPerformances posted an updated program on the afternoon before the show that removes _El Pelele_ and Eric Bamburger's programmatic comments thereon. That program change is thus a little less surprising, if unexplained, and inconsistent with both the original promotion for tonight's event and JP's recent recording (which included that piece).

I enjoyed this show -- especially the super dynamic encore -- but I was slightly put off by the way that JP seemed to rush through the event. No time to talk? No time so sit and breath in between movements or variations? Weird!

[Program Notes](https://sfperformances.org/performances/2324/javier-perianes.html) or {{:2024:2024-02:20240207pn.pdf|program notes}}

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