By Holland Garcia

Frank Wiens, a true Poet of the Piano, gave a recital of high energy and great beauty this afternoon at the home of Lyn and Renée Bronson in the Carmel highlands. Mr. Wiens is a pianist who makes music, not someone who just plays the piano. His playing is both technically perfect and musically thrilling.

He opened his recital with Mozart’s Adagio in B Minor, K. 540 and showed that he can create great drama and is not afraid to express the humanity of Mozart. This was no “Dresden doll” approach, but rather was a full-bodied intensely emotional Mozart. By judiciously giving a great deal of pedal to the melodic line, Wiens created a warmth of tone that was inviting and compelling – and always clear and clean.

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