L'orgue romantique raconté par Clara Schumann

As a prelude to the "Plein temps des Orgues", the Orguissimo association is offering an original concert.

The pianist and composer Clara Wieck-Schumann is at the centre of this musical moment: thanks to a text written by Anne Roubet, the woman who was not only the wife of Robert Schumann takes the floor and talks about her composer friends, the founders of musical Romanticism; a virtuoso pianist celebrated during her lifetime, she was also an inspired composer who took part in this musical movement born in 1830.
Robert Schumann, of course, but also Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms and Franz Liszt will be making an appearance. All were lovers of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and interested in the organ. In addition to a Prelude and Fugue by Clara Schumann, Pascal Sabot will play pieces by each of these great Romantic figures to illustrate Clara's story musically.

Contralto Anne Roubet will join the organist in singing three works by Brahms.
The organ at Saint-Henri seemed ideal for this repertoire, and there's no doubt that the quality of its timbres will work wonders on this occasion.

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