Faust plays Schumann at Royal Festival Hall, London on Tuesday 15th February 2022

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Faust plays Schumann

Add to my Calendar 15-02-2022 19:00 15-02-2022 21:00 36 Faust plays Schumann The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) are delighted to be joined by guest artist Isabelle Faust for Schumann’s Violin Concerto. The enigmatic piece was purportedly uncovered during a seance and then followed a turbulent, international fiasco as world leaders fought over who should play it first. However, the drama surrounding this work pales in comparison to the evocative power of the music itself. The slow second movement is regarded as one of the most beautiful moments in all of Schumann’s music, giving way to a soundscape of romance, adventure and curiosity.   ‘The Wilderness Pleases’ is inspired by one of the many influential pieces of work to come out of the Enlightenment era; Shaftesbury’s ‘The Moralists.’ In the book, the main character Theocles describes the terror of encountering a group of crocodiles in an Egyptian desert. After escaping the monsters, he is overcome with a desire to admire them as wondrous creatures of the natural world. He says, ‘let us fly to the vast deserts of these parts […] ghastly and hideous as they appear they want not their peculiar beauties. Wilderness pleases.’ Royal Festival Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England

Tuesday 15th February 2022
7:00 PM

Programme

Felix Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', Op.26
Robert Schumann – Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23
Robert Schumann – Symphony no.2, Op.61

Performers

Antonello Manacorda – Conductor
Isabelle Faust – violin

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Programme Note

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) are delighted to be joined by guest artist Isabelle Faust for Schumann’s Violin Concerto. The enigmatic piece was purportedly uncovered during a seance and then followed a turbulent, international fiasco as world leaders fought over who should play it first. However, the drama surrounding this work pales in comparison to the evocative power of the music itself. The slow second movement is regarded as one of the most beautiful moments in all of Schumann’s music, giving way to a soundscape of romance, adventure and curiosity.

‘The Wilderness Pleases’ is inspired by one of the many influential pieces of work to come out of the Enlightenment era; Shaftesbury’s ‘The Moralists.’

In the book, the main character Theocles describes the terror of encountering a group of crocodiles in an Egyptian desert. After escaping the monsters, he is overcome with a desire to admire them as wondrous creatures of the natural world. He says,

‘let us fly to the vast deserts of these parts […] ghastly and hideous as they appear they want not their peculiar beauties. Wilderness pleases.’

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