In the mid 1800's, a powerful, tragic and altogether remarkable crossroads occurred, involving three of classical music's greatest composer-musicians.
Johannes Brahms and the Schumanns
A Story of Music and Love
Composer-pianist Robert Schumann; his wife and stunning virtuoso pianist (and composer), Clara Wieck-Schumann; and Johannes Brahms, a mega-force in musical composition for the next half-century - all intersected at life's youth, mid-point and end, sharing in a virtual crisis of need, love, human reactions, and poetic outpourings of music.
FEATURED MUSIC:
Robert Schumann – Fantasy Pieces, op.73 for viola and piano
Piano pieces by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms
Clara Schumann – Piano Trio for violin, cello and piano
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet #1 in G minor, op.25
~ ~ ~
Jonathan Moser, violin
Adelya Shagidullina, viola
Cheryl Keifer, cello
Rollin Wilber, piano
Katarzyna Marzec-Salwinski, piano
