The meeting scheduled on Tuesday, 27th of July, took place at 6 o’clock, a meeting organized by Mr.Ghe.Pastia’ for the good music amateur public. As usual, the Foreign Languages Centre has been the host.
The fourth meeting scheduled for July throughout ‘The ages of music’ project’ was marked by another composition side of Robert Schumann called CONCERTO.
In the beginning of the presentation made by Mr. Liviu Topala had pointed out a few small details about what a fantasy, an overture and a concerto means.
The Fantasy - a free-form instrumental musical composition, with a sense of improvisation and virtuosity.
The Overture – is linked as genre to opera, but is the the preamble (summary) of a work, which represent a specific theme, played before.
The Concerto – is a work composed for one of more soloist instruments – written in three or four parts – in which is revealed the soloist virtuosity along with the orchestra.
Being all these presented, the public could listen to the first concerto called Concerto for four horns and orchestra, where Schumann appears as a creator of an unique melodica and harmonization.
Conducted by Brett Mitchell there have been listened fragments from Manfred opera, the success of the piece being to this real talented American conductor.
Being brilliant with the creation of his works melodica, Schumann writes a few concertos for cello, violin and piano.
Therefore, Concerto for cello and orchestra interpreted by Mischa Maisky and the Boston Symphonic Orchestra, brought again in the attention of the public, serious alternations along with other joyful, the cello being almost a human presence by its tonality.
One of Schumann’s masterpieces, Concerto for violin and orchestra, interpreted by the violonist Liviu Prunaru and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bucharest, conducted by Cristian Mandeal, have given measure to the art hard to express both by instruments and for the conductor.
Schumann composes for orchestra because of his great love – his wife Clara Schumann, who saw the music and everything that means musical creation, through the great composers of that time: Beethoven, Brahms.
For piano he written a work in three parts, initially presented by Clara as musical fantasy. After four years of working, modifying and a lot of dedication, the fantasy becomes Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor. Interpreted by Daniel Barenboim and conducted by Sergiu Celibidache the concerto meant the ending of the Tuesday evening, a time when we would have liked the local press to be present as well.
You are welcome on Tuesday, 3rd of August 2010, at 6 o’clock, same location, last meeting with Robert Schumann (referent Carmen Cazaciuc)
Article translated by Oana Zlatovici - volunteer
