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Nov 05 Sun

1842

Sunday, November 05 2023

Samueli Theater

Concert Timings:
November 5, 2023, 3:00 pm

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Discover the captivating works of Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann along with the little-known Louise Farrenc, three Romantic-era composers whose music continues to enchant audiences today. Enjoy the technical demands and emotional depth of Farrenc’s Quintet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 30, alongside the mastery of composition and piano performance showcased in Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 and Three Romances for Piano, Op. 21. These timeless pieces represent some of the greatest works of classical music and are sure to delight music lovers everywhere.

Café Ludwig: Enjoy chamber music with principal musicians of Pacific Symphony in the coffee-house atmosphere of the Samueli Theater.  While you sip coffee and savor decadent desserts, your gifted host, curator and pianist Orli Shaham guides you on a journey exploring how composers influenced each other and changed the course of chamber music.

Why 1842? Known among musicologists as Robert Schumann’s “Year of Chamber Music,” 1842 was a year of high Romanticism, drought, food insecurity, and growing unrest in Europe. Fifteen years had passed since Beethoven’s death, and the philosophical concerns he poured into his music now cast their shadow across national boundaries, gathering into a storm front that swept across Europe. In 1848, republican revolts against European monarchies began in Sicily and spread to France, Germany, Italy, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, leading only to more political oppression and to disillusionment among reformers. We can hear these forces in the music of the time—in melancholy darkness of tone, in the elevation of nature, and in the very idea of music as a way of expressing, transcending, and triumphing over pain.

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ARTISTS:
Orli Shaham, Piano
Yoomin Seo, Violin
Doug Basye, Bass

PROGRAM
Clara Wieck Schumann: Three Romances for Piano, Op. 21
   Andante
   Allegretto
   Agitato
Louise Farrenc: Quintet No 1 in A minor, Op. 30
   Allegro
   Adagio non troppo
   Presto
   Allegro
- INTERMISSION -
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
   Allegro brillante
   In modo d'una marcia - Un poco largamente
   Scherzo: Molto vivace
   Allegro ma non troppo