Twin spirits [videorecording] / devised and directed for the stage by John Caird ; film directors, Peter Mumford, John Caird ; film producer, Ferenc van Damme ; [a Royal Opera House Covent Garden/Opus Arte co-production].
Sting (Robert Schumann, in words); Trudie Styler (Clara Wieck, in words); Simon Keenlyside (Robert Schumann, in song); Rebecca Evans (Clara Wieck, in song); Sir Derek Jacobi, narrator; Iain Burnside, Natasha Paremski, pianos; Sergej Krylov, violin; Natalie Clein, violoncello. DVD release of the 2007 performance. Program notes by June Chichester, John Caird, and Martin Ward, in English with French and German translations (23 p. : ports.) inserted in container. Extra features: photo gallery ; cast talk (John Caird talks to the musicians and singers, narrator Jacobi, and musicologist Daniel Gallagher) ; documentary (One heart, one soul) ; Robert and Clara Schumann chronology ; My house--the work of Royal Opera House Education.
Contents:
Musical selections: Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 63. Finale, Mit Feuer / Bittendes Kind : from Kinderszenen : op. 15 ; Hasche-Mann : from Kinderszenen : op. 15 ; Von fremden Ländern und Menschen : from Kinderszenen : op. 15 / Robert Schumann. Adagio from Variations on "Là ci darem" : op. 2 / Chopin -- Stille Tränen : from Zwölf Gedichte, op. 35 / Robert Schumann -- Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen : op. 12, no. 2 / Clara Schumann -- Duet : Er und Sie : op. 78, no. 2 / Robert Schumann -- Piano concerto in A minor, op. 7. Romanze / Clara Schumann -- Romanze no. 2 from Drei Romanzen, op. 94 ; Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins : from Carnaval : op. 9 / Robert Schumann -- Duet : "Là ci darem" : from Don Giovanni : K. 527 / Mozart -- Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne : from Dichterliebe : op. 48 ; Wenn ich in deine Augen seh' : from Dichterliebe : op. 48 ; Ich grolle nicht : from Dichterliebe : op. 48 / Robert Schumann -- Sie liebten sich beide : op. 13, no. 2 / Clara Schumann -- Ich hab im Traum geweinet : from Dichterliebe : op. 48 ; Stille Liebe : from Zwölf Gedichte, op. 35 ; Träumerei : from Kinderszenen : op. 15 ; Frage : from Zwölf Gedichte, op. 35 ; Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 63. Finale, Mit Feuer / Robert Schumann.
Summary:
A live theatrical performance by a chamber ensemble of actors, singers, and musicians, portraying the love between the composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife Clara Wieck, featuring their correspondence and music.
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