Kammerorchester Basel’s concert program includes two piano concertos in A minor, both originally performed by Clara Schumann: one written by herself that she performed in Leipzig, and one written by her husband Robert Schuman that she played in Dresden. Between the performances lies their marriage that they finally won through legal means. She loved Robert and he loved her, but her father was against it. It took many struggles and many tears before Clara and Robert were finally together. But even then, it wasn’t easy; on the contrary, that's when the family battles, disappointments, and despair began. None of this is evident in Robert's piano concerto, nor in Clara's, which she composed as a young girl, already completely infatuated, with Robert, her father's piano student, helping her with the orchestration. In Emilie Mayer's case, it was not the father, but the market that put obstacles in the way of this Schumann contemporary. A publisher for "female forces, forces of the second order" was initially nowhere to be found, and her fourth symphony was only published in an arrangement for piano four hands. But for some years now, the long-lost symphony has resurfaced. It is a unique testament to a free, ingenious mind: Mayer was an independent voice that didn’t merely stand in the shadow of her great colleagues.
Tickets are CHF 32-95 for adults and half price for youths and students.

Website
kammerorchesterbasel.ch/de/konzerte/die-freiheit-zu-lieben.html

Where
Stadtcasino Basel
Konzertgasse 1
4051 Basel

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