To the Distant Beloved: Song Cycles of Beethoven and Schumann

Ann Moss, soprano
Hillary Nordwell, piano

Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte (Jeitteles)
Schumann: Fantasy, Op. 17, Mvt. 1
Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 39 (Eichendorff)

Listen to Nordwell & Moss:
Die Stille Lotosblume - Clara Schumann
Frühlingsnacht - Robert Schumann
Fantasy, Op. 17 (preview) - Robert Schumann

In 1816, Beethoven composed what is considered to be the first true song cycle (his only one), An die ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved).

20 years later, Schumann wove a theme from Beethoven's cycle into his Fantasie, Op. 17, as a message to his own "distant beloved."

4 years after that, Schumann composed his own song cycle on love and longing, in anticipation of a long-awaited marriage to his "distant beloved," Clara Wieck.

In a Salon-like setting, experience these intimate and intense works as they were first shared - among friends in the early evening, up close and personal.