The great pianist Clara Schumann truly loved music by her husband, Robert Schumann. In 1853, she took one of Robert's songs and composed a set of seven variations. On this episode of Performance Today, hear the surprise birthday gift that Clara Schumann wrote for her husband's 43rd birthday.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Prokofiev: Pushkin Waltz No. 2, Op. 120
Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 and 2 / Seattle Symphony
Delos 3050
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25
IRIS Orchestra; Michael Stern, conductor
IRIS Orchestra, Germantown Performing Arts Center, Germantown, TN
Dan Locklair: Symphony No. 2 "America": Movements 1-2
Western Piedmont Symphony; John Gordon Ross, Music Director and Conductor
Western Piedmont Symphony, P.E. Monroe Auditorium at Lenoir Rhyne University, Hickory, NC
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8, "Poeme"
Hermitage Trio
Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Flagler Museum, West Room, Palm Beach, FL
Hour 2
Edvard Grieg: Two Melodies: The First Meeting
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Terje Tonnesen, conductor
Grieg: Complete Music For String Orchestra
Bis 147
Clara Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20
Jessica Xylina Osborne, piano
92nd Street Y, Buttenwieser Hall, New York City, NY
Edvard Grieg: Andante con moto for violin, cello and piano in C minor, EG 116
Arnaud Sussman, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello; Andrew Armstrong, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA
Maurice Ravel: Kaddish from Deux ellodies Hebraiques
Michael Rusinek, clarinet; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
WQED-FM, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45 Wie lieblich sind deine
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Matthew Mehaffey, conductor
WQED-FM, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
John Williams: Three Pieces from Schindler's List for Violin and Orchestra
Itzhak Perlman, violin; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck, conductor
WQED-FM, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
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