Falling into the beautiful abyss of Robert Schumann, plus the best of October’s classical concerts
It’s now almost de rigueur to decry the traditional concert format of overture followed by concerto followed by symphony. But the orchestral public still loves it. Wednesday night’s programme of ...
It was Schumann who first observed how these pieces were a subversive rebuke to Poland’s Russian occupiers, writing that “If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him ...
Most women in 19th-century Europe were encouraged to learn the piano as a way to attract husbands, but it was never intended that they would pursue a career in music. Despite these constraints, Clara ...
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