Schumann’s Papillons and Fantasy
What’s this program about?
Professor Carol gives a biography of Schumann’s early years, comparing Schumann’s youthful work Papillons with his later Fantasy in C Major against the backdrop of his courtship of the young pianist Clara Wieck and the emerging Romantic image of the artist.
Works Discussed: Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2; Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
Where you can find:
Sviatoslav Richter
Wilhelm Kempff
Leon Plantinga, Schumann as Critic
