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Composer of the Week: Schumann

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4/5. When Mendelssohn arrived in Leipzig in 1835 Robert Schumann took to him immediately, placing him on something of a pedestal for his musical integrity.
Donald Macleod looks at their friendship, which lasted until Mendelssohn's untimely death in 1847. Schlusslied des Narren, Op 127 No 5 Jonathan Lemalu (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
String Quartet No 3 in A, Op 41 No 3 (3rd and 4th mvts) Zehetmair Quartet
Symphony No 1 in B flat (Spring) Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
Erinnerung (Album fur die Jugend, Op 68 No 28) Angela Brownbridge (piano)
Repeated on Wednesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Schumann
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Baritone:
Jonathan Lemalu
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Conductor:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Piano:
Angela Brownbridge
Source: Radio Times

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