Clara Schumann’s Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann is more than just a dazzling set of piano variations—it’s a love letter in music. She took a theme from Robert’s Bunte Blätter and transformed ...
Elizabeth Alker brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making including a focus on one of the finest orchestras in the ...
Clara Schumann amazes me. She composed most of her music while married to her husband, fellow pianist and composer, Robert, and together they had 8 children. Today, we’ll hear Clara Schumann’s ...
Performances from Classical Tahoe including Overture by Grażyna Bacewicz, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, “Unfinished” by Franz ...
The Sunday Studio Series at Little Italy’s Studio Espressivo, curated by pianist Allson Hillier and composer Chris Neiner, presents programs that explore the Italian influence in and connection to ...
Schumann thought that the Norwegian violinist and composer Ole Bull (1810-1880) was as accomplished a player as Paganini, A child prodigy, Bull achieved global fame, one of those 19th century ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber, peerless in lieder, have released an 11-disc set of Robert Schumann’s songs, many overlooked. By David Allen Back ...
After tackling the sonatas for violin and piano of Bach, Busoni and Beethoven in 2017 – a “thoughtfully determined and subtly interconnected programme” according to Stradmagazine –, the duo of Yuuko ...