Robert Schmidli has other work but an abiding interest in music and his piano performance and an impressive history in younger days of performances in NZ and Australia and I remember him as one of my early classical recordees. This was a powerful, intense, outspoken and Chopinic concert of chops and immense demands and he did it with his usual aplomb. Mozart Sonata no.13 Bbmaj was his opener and the longest work. An early Mozart work with his trademark lyricism and maybe early, unexpected phrasings and 3 movements. Then Brahms Rhasody op.79 no.1 Bmin and an especially virtuosic finale with Chopin Andante spaniato and Grande polonaise brillante. There's awe and considerable stun-factor in such playing and Robert did it with comfort and joy. And this for just another concert on a weekday afternoon in Canberra.
Robert Schmidli (piano) performed Mozart, Brahms and Chopin at Wesley.
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