Schumann, Prokofiev, & Brahms

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SOLD out — Join the Waitlist First Name* Last Name* Phone* Email* Number of Tickets* 1234 Mobility Considerations* No Mobility Considerations Space for a Wheel Chair Unable to Use Stairs Seat Availability Preference* Seat us separately Seat us together Please indicate whether you would prefer to wait until the necessary number of seats become available together. Notes for Box Office Schumann, Prokofiev, & Brahms ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856) Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Michael Wayne, clarinet • Elinor Freer, piano SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953) Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39 Corinne Foley, oboe • Michael Wayne, clarinet • YooJin Jang, violin • Liz Freivogel, viola • Tracy Rowell, bass JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897) Sonata in F Minor for Two Pianos, Op. 34b Jon Nakamatsu, HieYon Choi, piano Program Notes ROBERT SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 (1849) In early 1849, Robert Schumann began writing short chamber works for individual instruments with piano. According to a diary entry of his wife Clara Schumann, he aimed to write something for every member of the orchestra “one after the other.” He started with a collection of colorful Fantasiestücke (Fantasy Pieces) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73. By the end of the year, he had also completed a fanfare-filled Adagio and Allegro for Horn, Op. 70; five virtuosic Stücke im Volkston (Pieces in Folk Style) for Cello, Op. 102; and a set of three Romances for Oboe, Op. 94. He eventually wrote several violin sonatas and a volume of Märchenbilder (Fairy Tale Pieces) for Viola, but he never quite made it around to all the instruments of the symphony. He published supplemental arrangements of all the shorter instrumental works he wrote in this sequence, inviting cellists and violinists to play the Fantasiestücke and the Adagio and Allegro, and violinists to try their hands at the Folk Pieces, the Oboe Romances, and the Märchenbilder. This was not simply done at the behest of his publisher for the practical reason of…

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