Freiburg Baroque Orch/Rattle/Faust review – ‘problem’ Schumann works shine in exceptional evening
Royal Albert Hall, LondonSimon Rattle, guest conducting the period instrument ensemble, brought insights and detail to these three lesser known works by Schumann. Isabelle Faust was a spirited and graceful soloist in the Violin ConcertoSimon Rattle sure loves a challenge. This all-Schumann evening featured three “problem” works: the overture to a failed opera, a violin concerto deemed sufficiently disappointing that the composer’s executors ordered it locked away for a century, and a symphony written in the depths of depression. What’s…
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