For my farewell concert at the FEU, I had the pleasure to perform pieces by some of my favorite composers. The title of the recital was chosen to quote the joyous closure key of Schumann’s Waldszenen, not a sad farewell but a confident and happy departure, more of an à bientôt than an adieu. The romantic forest also inspired the choice of an epigraph for the show. In the words Ezra Pounds’ Search:

I have heard a wee wind searching
Through still forests for me;
I have seen a wee wind searching
O’er still sea.

Through woodlands dim have I taken my way;
And o’er silent waters night and day
Have I sought the wee wind.

These verses reminded me of my past years in the house where I have grown a lot both scientifically and artistically.

Below are two recordings, one of Enesco’s 2nd sonata and Beethoven’s 7th sonata. Both in luminous and exuberant D major.

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Thank you Fondation des États-Unis!
À bientôt.