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Schumann & the Mendelssohns: Karl‐Heinz Steffens

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Relish a feast of Romanticism as Karl‐Heinz Steffens conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in Schumann's sparkling 'Spring' Symphony, and works by both Mendelssohn siblings.

Acclaimed violinist Alina Pogostkina plays Felix Mendelssohn's lyrical and much‐loved Violin Concerto, while Fanny Mendelssohn's elegant, expertly‐crafted Overture in C Major — her only known orchestral work — leaves one wondering what her prodigious talents might have produced had they not been hampered by contemporary attitudes towards females. One female who challenged those attitudes was Clara Schumann, and it is thanks to her influence that Robert Schumann turned to orchestral writing, without which the extrovert First Symphony would not exist.

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