Friday, June 7, 2019 — 5:30pm

Sonata in Bb Major, D. 960          by Franz Schubert

Molto moderato
Andanta sostenuto
Scherzo: Allegro vivace con delicatezza- trio
Allegro ma non troppo-presto

Lawrence Wetzler is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in full-time private practice in Manhattan. He is on the faculties of the Adelphi Postgraduate Program in psychoanalysis, the Institute for Expressive Analysis and the Object Relations Institute. An aspiring concert pianist, he gives yearly piano recitals and writes on the relationship between music and psychoanalysis, two of his papers appearing in the book Music and Psyche.

“Sometimes it seems to me I no longer belonged to this world.” (Schubert to his friend, Heinrich Anschutz)

“He was obsessed with death throughout his career, and typically Viennese darker forces often lurk beneath the gaiety. The frequent wistfulness, the laughing through tears, conspire to seduce us into believing we know something of the man who expresses himself in such ways.” (Christopher Gibbs on Schubert)

“He never asked much from life, was something of a bohemian, and seemed content to pour out page after page of music whether or not it was ever performed. His mission was to create music; that was the only thing he was made for.” (Harold Schoenberg on Schubert)