| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2012 Sage: Hall One | The Romantic Symphony with Northern Sinfonia, Part 1: Happiness |
Schumann and Brahms are linked together by their great friendship, their musical influences on each other, and, of course, by Schumann’s wife, Clara, who was one of the most important people in Brahms’ life. Between them, their lives span the entire Romantic period, and in their music, we hear its development from the wistful dreaming and nature-worship of the early years, through to the expressive maturity and emphasis on the past that came with late Romanticism.
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