COFFEE: TEDDY TALKS SCHUMANN

Radical Romanticism. Creating passionate music that is brilliantly crafted, Robert Schumann was still a tortured soul who died in an asylum. For this work, his most innovative symphony, Schumann fused 4 movements of a traditional symphony into one flow of music in a move that surprised the music-loving public of his time. Though the music sounds passionate, even feverish, — the form is brilliantly crafted with a complex architecture that carries the piece through a revolutionary structure. Teddy Abrams will lead us through the puzzle and illuminate the genius of this piece with his explanations and examples from the stage before conducting a full performance of the work.

PROGRAM
Robert SCHUMANN:  Symphony No. 4

Teddy Abrams, conductor

LINK TO PROGRAM NOTES

CONCERT TALK at 10AM:  Free to ticket holders. Come early for coffee and a look behind the music.
Daniel Gilliam from Louisville Public Media interviews LO principal horn Jon Gustely about the “Yin and Yang of Robert Schumann.”

BAIRD COFFEE SERIES
Concert sponsored by Theresa and John Tyree Bondurant in honor of our son, John Hodges Bondurant, and our daughter, Theresa Tyree Bondurant
Complimentary coffee provided by Heine Bros.