Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review | 'Faust' By Anthony Tommasini As a bookish young man born to a literary household, Schumann thought seriously of becoming a writer. In a ...
HAMBURG, Germany — One reason Schumann’s “Scenes From Goethe’s ‘Faust'” is so rarely performed is its hybrid shape: part literary oratorio, part opera. Another handicap is his selections. While other ...
Following on the heels of Gardiner's personable chat between works on Sunday about why the LSO violins, violas, wind and brass stand for Schumann (pictured below in 1850) – the proof has been in the ...
Classical music acolytes will know that Robert Schumann (1810-1856) fashioned a cornerstone of the romantic era repertoire primarily via his four symphonies, his concerto for piano and the one for ...
Die „Faust“-Szenen von Robert Schumann beschließen das Musikfest der Staatsphilharmonie in Speyer. Doch dabei gibt es auch Musik zu Faust ohnen Bezug zu Goethe. Eine „Faust“-Oper, wie von vielen ...
The two Romantic compositions comprising Seattle Symphony Orchestra’s program “Isabelle Faust Performs Schumann’s Violin Concerto,” beginning Thursday at Benaroya Hall, are, in a way, the story of one ...
Hardly more than a year ago the London Symphony Orchestra performed Peri with Sir Simon Rattle, and Daniel Harding already has Scenes from Goethe’s Faust under his belt, having conducted it in Berlin ...