5/5. Late Works. Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel was 40 before she published some of her music under her own name. Its favourable reception encouraged her to tackle one of her finest and final works, the Piano Trio in D minor. Music was a source of solace for Clara Schumann after her husband's breakdown and death, and once she resumed her career as a concert pianist she more-or-less stopped composing and turned instead to championing her husband's music. With Donald Macleod.
Mendelssohn-Hensel Allegro Molto Vivace in G minor (Op 4) Irene Barbuceanu (piano) Overture Women's Philharmonic, conductor Jo-Ann Falletta
C Schumann Three Romances
Andrew Hardy (violin), Uriel Tsachor (piano) Mendelssohn-Hensel Piano Trio in D minor
Clara Wieck Trio
C Schumann Die stille Lotosblume Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano) Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight