The allure of the Rhineland
Donald Macleod examines Schumann鈥檚 connection to the landscape around D眉sseldorf and his daily life in the city.
Donald Macleod examines Schumann鈥檚 connection to the landscape around D眉sseldorf and his daily life in the city.
Donald Macleod explores Robert Schumann鈥檚 years in Dusseldorf 鈥� the city where he would spend the final years of his life. Despite often being portrayed as a creative disaster, during this period Schumann was greatly inspired by the city and by the countryside which surrounded it, and would write some of his greatest music.
In Friday鈥檚 programme, Donald explores Schumann鈥檚 connection to the landscape around D眉sseldorf, and his daily life in the city where a strict routine was needed in the wake of an onslaught of work. Donald also finds new friends come into the composer鈥檚 life 鈥� the violinist Joseph Joachim and the composer Johannes Brahms.
Dichterliebe 鈥� Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Marchenerzahlungen, Op.132 - no 3
Sabine Meyer, clarinet
Tabea Zimmermann, viola
Harmut Holl, piano
Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op.131
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln
Heinz Holliger, conductor
Introduction and Concert Allegro, Op.134
Jan Lisiecki, piano
Orchestra dell鈥橝ccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Symphony in E flat, Op.97 鈥淩henish鈥� 鈥� V. Lebhaft
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor
Blumenstuck in D-flat Major, Op.19
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Wenn mein Stundlein vorhanden ist
Seicento Vocale
Jan Croonenbroeck, director
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