A celebration of an extraordinary marriage in music history: a union shaped by love, separation, family life, artistic struggle and profound mutual influence. Through their compositions, they often spoke directly to one another, echoing and transforming each other's musical ideas. This concert brings their voices together through music that reveals both their individuality and the intimate emotional world they created between them.
Program:
Clara Schumann - Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann Op.20 (11 min)
Clara Schumann - Variations de Concert sur la 'Cavatine du Pirate' by Bellini Op.8 (15 min)
Clara Schumann - Three Romances for Violin and Piano Op. 22 (with violinist Elizabeth Xue, bio and photo to follow) (10 min)
Robert Schumann - Bilder aus Osten (Picture from the East), 6 Impromptus for piano 4-hands Op.66 (with Coady Green) (16 min)
For the final item, it will be either the Robert Schumann's Violin Sonata no.1 in A minor Op.105 (again with Elizabeth), or a solo Clara Schumann piece such as the Three Preludes and Fugues Op. 16.
Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor Op. 105' by Robert Schumann