LSO: Gardiner conducts Schumann & Mendelssohn

Synopsis

Sir John Eliot Gardiner leads a journey through the Romanticism of Weber, Mendelssohn and Schumann. The Overture to Weber’s grand opera Euryanthe, which has taken on a life of its own in the concert hall, is a window onto some of the most exciting moments of the whole work. Isabelle Faust and Kristian Bezuidenhout then present Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin and Piano, which elegantly balances a measure of Classical restraint against rich and Romantic displays of feeling. We close with Schumann’s Third Symphony. One of the composer’s most impressive, it paints a euphoric picture of the German Rhineland in broad Beethovenian style, closing with an exhilarating finale. PROGRAM Weber: Euryanthe Overture; Mendelssohn: Concerto for violin and piano; Schumann: Symphony No 3

Additional Info

• No: 8618
• Composer: Schumann, Mendelssohn
• Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
• Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
• Artists: Isabelle Faust, Kristian Bezuidenhout
• Production year: 2019
• Run time: 01:27:00
• Producers: LSO Live
• Format: HDTV 16:9