(pianoforte)
Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 (The
Appassionata)
I. Allegro assai; 2. Andante con moto ; 3. Allegro ma non troppo
Friedrich Wiihrer was born in Vienna in 1900. Like so many other distinguished executive artists, he began to play the piano at an early age. He received his first lessons at the age of six and at fifteen he entered the Vienna Academy of Music to study piano and composition. He was called up for military service in the last six months of the war, and served for a time at the front in the Austrian army. After the Armistice he returned to Vienna and began to read Law at Vienna University, and also continued his musical studies. Soon afterwards he was appointed professor of the piano at the Academy, but he resigned from the post in 1923 to devote himself to concert work. Two years later he went back to the Academy to direct the master classes, and in 1927 was appointed lecturer at the Hochschule fur Musik.
Mr. Wührer has toured with great success the principal cities of Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, and England. During his visits to England Mr. Wiihrer has played Mendelssohn's
Piano Concerto in D minor with Sir Thomas Beecham , and also gave the first performance of Hans Pfitzner 's Piano Concerto at a Bournemouth Symphony Concert under Sir Dan Godfrey.