Die Entdeckung der blauen Blume: Werke von Schubert und Schumann
3/15/2019, 13 Tracks, 1:04:25
Featuring
Christian Mattick
Mathias Huth
Duo Mattick Huth
Franz Schubert
Robert Schumann
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Compositional Technique
Schumann's Three Romances, Op. 94, were highly innovative due to their condensed musical structure and hypersensitive character, influencing many later composers.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For Romantic artists, including musicians, painters, and poets, the 'blue flower' symbolized their attitude towards life and represented a place of longing.
Performer Biography
Mathias Huth, the pianist, studied piano at the University of Music Freiburg and Mozarteum University Salzburg, and musicology at the universities of Munich and Freiburg.
Composition History
Robert Schumann wrote his Three Romances, Op. 94, in just a few days in December 1849, intending them as a Christmas present for his wife Clara.
Cultural Impact
Novalis' novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen features the blue flower as a central symbol, discovered by the hero in imaginative musical worlds.
Instruments
Theobald Böhm, the inventor of the modern flute, was a leading flute virtuoso of his time.
Performer Biography
Christian Mattick, the flutist on this recording, is a member of the Bavarian Chamber Orchestra and co-founder of the Cassander Ensemble for 20th Century Music, Munich.
