Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) said of his first symphony that it was "born in a fiery hour." He came up with it over just four days in January of 1841, completing it in the following three weeks. The premiere took place on March 31 of that same year, conducted by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig. The Spring Symphony title came from Schumann himself, who had originally even given the individual symphonic movements figurative titles; The Beginning of Spring, Evening, Merry Playmates, and Spring in Full Bloom. Shortly before going to press, however, Schumann redacted the movement titles to prevent the symphony from being classified program music. The collective title ‘Spring Symphony’ alone was retained. It was, after all, a poem on spring by Adolf Böttger that had inspired the composer to write his symphony on that theme in the first place.
The Young Euro Classic Festival is the world’s most important platform of its kind for European classical music; of both the continuation of its traditions, and its development by young musicians of today. Each summer, orchestras from all over the world play for two-and-a-half weeks at the Konzerthaus, on Berlin’s Gendarmenmarkt square.
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