F. Schubert | 4 impromptus op. 90, n. 4 (1827)
 
Composed at the age of 30, one year before his untimely death, the 4 impromptus op. 90 are among Schubert’s most appreciated legacy, despite their apparent simplicity initially received a lukewarm public reception. Much harder to play than they seem, Schubert’s impromptus are intimate pages of romantic extemporaneous creativity, where simple musical ideas are articulated and resolved in free-standing pieces rich of imaginative power and melodic intensity. The fourth impromptu follows the same scheme of the second and the third, all playing with alternating delicate and turbulent emotions. Here however the alternation is more nuanced, seamlessly weaving between moments of tender lyricism and dramatic intensity which evocate a deep sense of introspection, abstraction, and longing.