program
Piano Concerto
Robert
Schumann
All sound clips are from San Francisco Symphony performances and are used with permission of the SFS Players Committee.
Symphony No. 4, Romantic
Anton
Bruckner
All sound clips are from San Francisco Symphony performances and are used with permission of the SFS Players Committee.
performances
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Event Description
By the time his Fourth Symphony premiered, Anton Bruckner was 57 years old, a Viennese organist underdog, the target of hisses and boos. The “Romantic” was his first major composition to earn real applause. Composed over four turbulent years, Robert Schumann’s only piano concerto features a lustrous intermezzo, blazing bravura passages, and encoded tributes to the composer’s wife, muse, and finest interpreter. Romantic, no?
These concerts are presented in honor of Ruth Evelyn Miller, who generously provided for the San Francisco Symphony through her estate.
These concerts are presented in honor of Ruth Evelyn Miller, who generously provided for the San Francisco Symphony through her estate.
