In this series TORCH Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Professor Laura Tunbridge from the Faculty of Music, introduces music by German Romantic composer Robert Schumann, focusing particularly on the late works being featured in the Oxford Lieder Festival (14-29 October, 2016). Prof. Tunbridge discusses the challenges of performing and interpreting this music with Professor Barry Murnane and Richard Wigmore, and performers Sarah Connolly, James Gilchrist, Tim Horton, Eugene Asti, and Roger Vignoles.
Schumann and literature (opp. 132 and 133) Laura Tunbridge talks to Professor Barry Murnane and pianist Tim Horton about Schumann's relationship to literature, manifest in the 1850s through his fairytale-themed chamber music, the Märchenerzählungen op. 132, and his piano pieces Gesaenge der...
Published 10/12/16
Schumann's Maria Stuart songs Laura Tunbridge, Sarah Connolly, Eugene Asti, Richard Wigmore and Roger Vignoles introduce Schumann's Maria Stuart songs, op. 135
Musical credit: Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Op 135: Juliane Banse and Graham Johnson, Hyperion, 1999 (CDJ33103)
Published 10/12/16
Schumann in 1849 Laura Tunbridge, Frankie Perry, Richard Wigmore and Roger Vignoles introduce Schumann's late songs and discuss his Goethe settings from 1849.
Musical credits: Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister Op 98a: Christine Schäfer and Graham Johnson, Hyperion, 1996 (CDJ33101);...
Published 10/12/16