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Andrew McGregor and Sarah Walker celebrate the 200th anniversary of Schumann's birth

Andrew McGregor and Sarah Walker introduce a day of music celebrating the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth. Plus a series of German 'postcards', from locations important in Schumann's life

EBU Schumann Day: Part 2

06/06/2010

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Continuing a special Schumann day with the Genoveva Overture and Symphony No 2.

Andrew McGregor and Sarah Walker present more concerts from around the world celebrating the 200th anniversary of Schumann's birth. With Genoveva Overture; Symphony No 2.

Andrew McGregor and Sarah Walker introduce a day of music from around Europe celebrating the 200th anniversary of Schumann's birth. Highlights include a performance of the composer's great song cycle Dichterliebe, Op 48, by Christoph Pregardien and Michael Gees, and a rare opportunity to hear highlights from the Szenen aus Goethes Faust. The Day also includes a series of postcards from Germany, as Sarah Walker visits the locations that played a key role in Schumann's life, from his birthplace in Zwickau to the asylum near Bonn where he was incarcerated for the last two and a half years of his life, via Leipzig, Dresden and Dusseldorf. 
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A concert recorded at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Stillwater, Minnesota
Schumann Overture: Genoveva, Op 81; Symphony No 2 in C, Op 61
St Paul Chamber Orchestra, conductor Roberto Abbado
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A concert recorded at the Schumann House in Zwickau, where the composer was born.
Schumann Gedichte der Konigin Maria Stuart, Op 135; Kerner lieder, Op 35 (extracts); Abendlied, Op 107  No 6; Abends am Strande, Op 45 No 3; An den Mond, Op 95 No 2; Nachtlied, Op 96 No 1; Mein schooner Stern, Op 101 No 4 
Anna-Theresa Albrecht (mezzo-soprano), Pauliina Tukiainen (piano)
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Live from the Tonhalle in Dusseldorf, the city where Schumann lived and worked towards the end of his life, a concert conducted by Christoph Eschenbach.
Schumann Introduction & Allegro appassionato in G, Op 92; Theme & Variations in E flat, WoO 24; Introduction & Allegro in D minor, Op 134
Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98
Tzimon Barto (piano), Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph Eschenbach.

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