“My work on Abendempfindung began probably in the late 1990s. What had always sounded like a pleasantly melodic song to me, unexpectedly poked me when I sat down with a score to learn the keyboard part myself. That initial poke, by a perceived anomaly in the musical line, formed the basis of a thesis about the heart of the piece, which I have been determined to adequately elucidate ever since, as I shall attempt once again here.” —PSU