GERMAN ROMANTIC SONGS

Tuesday, Nov 13, 7 PM

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ROBERT SCHUMANN Dichterliebe Op. 48
CLARA SCHUMANN Songs on the texts by Heinrich Heine (selection)
JOHANNES BRAHMS Songs (selection)
JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano intermezzi (selection)
 
Roman JANÁL | baritone
Marián LAPŠANSKÝ | piano

lthough the focus of tonight’s concert is the work of two composers, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms, the golden thread linking the two men is a woman – Clara Schumann, who influenced their lives and was an inspiration for their work. She was a piano virtuoso, who first alongside her husband and later, on her own, was applauded all over the world. She was a composer whose songs bear indisputable characteristics of a feminine soul, as well as a mother of eight who had to come to terms with the death of several of her children and her husband’s mental illness. It was Johannes Brahms, a close family friend, who helped her through difficult times and provided much needed support.