Poster Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann may have been the first to infuse a yearning for music of the past in his own compositions.
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Schumann's Symphony No. 2

Robert Schumann wrote in his diary, "Drums and trumpets have been blaring in my head. I have no idea what will come of it..." On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear what came of it: Schumann's Symphony No. 2 is on the way from a concert in England.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Joseph Haydn: Trio in G Major, H.XV.25: 4. Finale, "Gypsy Rondo"
Opus One: Ida Kavafian, violin; Peter Wiley, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Saint Paul Sunday, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Full Measure: Music from Saint Paul Sunday
MPR 204

Mark O'Connor: March of the Gypsy Fiddler
The Ahn Trio; ProMusica Chamber Orchestra; Timothy Russell, conductor
Southern Theatre, Columbus, OH
Resounding: Four World Premieres
Summit 576

Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto in D Major, FWV L:D8
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts & Richard Stone, artistic directors
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g minor: 3. Andante
Jamie Walton, cello; Daniel Grimwood, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England

Hour 2

Anonymous: Hors oires une chanson
Piffaro
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Orchestra of the Swan; Kenneth Woods, conductor
Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, England

Francois Couperin: Fourth Book Ordre 27eme de clavecin in b minor: 1. L'exquise
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA

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