Happily Ever After?
09 October 2026, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Love stories took as many forms in nineteenth-century Europe as they do today. Through tales ranging from tragic to comic, or to downright baffling, Natasha Loges takes a tour of the romantic intrigues of the Schumann circle. From the celebrated to the long-forgotten, she presents love stories that inspired – and tormented – some of the most original musical minds of the age.
Programme
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (1840) Op. 48 no.1 from Dichterliebe
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- Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
- Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen (1840) Op. 37 no.2 (Op. 12 no.1) from Zwölf Gedichte aus „Liebesfrühling“
- Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
- Le spectre de la rose (1841) Op. 7 no.2 from Les nuits d'été
- Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944)
- Tanzlied Op. 4 no.1
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- Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
- Jeg elsker Dig (I love you) (1864) from Hjertets Melodier
- Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
- Liebeszauber (1844) Op. 13 no.3 from Sechs Lieder
- Adela Maddison (1862 - 1929)
- 3. The triumph of time from Twelve Songs
- Mel (Mélanie) Bonis (1858 - 1937)
- Un soir Op. 77
- Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944)
- Possession from Three Songs
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- Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
- An einem lichten Morgen (1853) Op. 23 no.2 from Sechs Lieder aus Jucunde
- Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944)
- Bei einer Linde Op. 3 no.3
- Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805 - 1847)
- Schwanenlied
- Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)
- Love is a Bable
