Performance on 3 - Brahms, Schumann and Clara Schummann

Presented by Petroc Trelawny A concert from the Cheltenham Festival, exploring the relationship between Schumann, Brahms and the woman they both loved, Clara. Steven Isserlis's script, read by Simon Callow, links extracts from the three-way correspondence they had in the final years of Schumann's life, including the final traumatising years of Schumann's residence in the Endenich asylum. Brahms Scherzo in E flat minor Op. 4 Schumann Declamation Op. 122 No 2 (Die Fluchtlinge) Brahms Scherzo from the FAE sonata Schumann Intermezzo from the FAE sonata Schumann Variations in E flat for piano Schumann Gebet Op. 135 No 5 Clara Schumann Romance Op. 21 No 1 for piano Brahms Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor Op. 60 Katharine Gowers violin Steven Isserlis cello Brett Dean viola Denes Varjon piano Simon Callow narrator Followed by a preview of the 2010 Proms season, which begins on Friday. Dallapiccola: Partita Gillian Keith, soprano BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Gianandea Noseda, conductor Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Flieder monologue Bryn Terfel, baritone Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Claudio Abbado, conductor Rogers and Hammerstein: OKLAHOMA! The surrey with the fringe on top Bryn Terfel, baritone English Northern Philharmonia Paul Daniel, conductor