Field Arts & Events Hall is delighted to host Music on the Strait for their Festival Finale: Jeremy Denk performs Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, and Johannes Brahms.

Clara Schumann Three Romances for Violin and Piano (1853)
Robert Schumann Märchenbilder (Fairy Tales), Op 113 (1851)
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet in A major, Op 26 (1861)

In October 1853, a 20-year-old young composer named Johannes Brahms knocked on the door of Robert and Clara Schumann with a letter of introduction. That same year, Clara Schumann wrote her Three Romances for Violin and Piano, and Robert Schumann soon proclaimed Brahms the heir to Beethoven’s musical lineage and so began one of the most intimate friendships in music history. Jeremy Denk leads us on a rare and remarkable journey to explore these three intertwined musical voices.

Jeremy Denk, piano
James Garlick, violin
Richard O’Neill, viola
Ani Aznavoorian, cello