Robert and Clara Schumann
HOLLY MATHIESON, conductor
ALLYSON McHARDY, mezzo-soprano
ROBERT HOLLISTON, piano
Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale
R. Murray Schafer: Adieu Robert Schumann
Schubert/arr. Berio: Rendering, for Orchestra
In the wake of his marriage to Clara Wieck, music poured out of Robert Schumann’s pen, including the three “symphonic” gems that open this program. A dozen years later, Clara’s diaries detailed her heart-rending reaction to her husband’s descent into madness, as depicted in Schafer’s moving monodrama featuring mezzo soprano Allyson McHardy. Schubert left several of his works “Unfinished” in his short life, but a fragmentary Symphony in D major provided the 19th century framework for Luciano Berio’s 20th century Rendering of what Schubert had in mind.
DATE: 21 Jan 2024, 2:30 pm
LOCATION: Victoria Symphony