Now the Schumann is on the other foot.
Join us on The Classical Network, as we pick up our celebration of the birthday today of Robert Schumann. Among our featured works will be the rarely-heard Violin Concerto, with Elmar Oliveira the soloist. We’ll also mark the birthdays of Tomaso Albinoni, Erwin Schulhoff, and Emanuel Ax.
The afternoon will begin with a visit from Dr. Lyn Ransom, outgoing artistic director of VOICES Chorale. To cap her 30-year tenure with the ensemble, Ransom will conduct a farewell concert featuring soloists, chorus, and orchestra, in Johannes Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem” and Randall Thompson’s “Frostiana.” The concert, part of a VOICES gala weekend, will take place at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium on June 16 at 8 p.m.
The music is Romantic with a capital “R” today (when it’s not Baroque or Dadaist). If the Schumann fits, wear it, from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.