1999 Edinburgh International Festival The last of three concerts given at the Edinburgh International Festival by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and their conductor laureate Charles Mackerras
in which they presented a re-evaluation of the orchestral works of Robert Schumann. In tonight's performance Schumann's Cello Concerto is contrasted with his popular Rhenish symphony. Clemens Hagen (cello),
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Schumann Symphony No 3 in E flat (Rhenish); Cello Concerto in A minor
8.30 Twenty Minutes: Spirits of Another Place
Gerard McBurney talks to artists about the other worlds - foreign places, historical periods - that they romanticise in their work.
8.50 Schumann Symphony No 4 in D minor (revised version, 1851)