
Gewandhaus
Concert hall in Leipzig, GermanyWikipedia
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Nov 2, 2026
Mendelssohn And Certain Masterworks-Herbert Francis Peyser
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82:47David WalesNARRATOR
On the following March 13, it was performed by David at a Gewandhaus concert.
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82:53David WalesNARRATOR
Not under the composer's direction, however.
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82:56David WalesNARRATOR
The latter was in Frankfurt in poor health and greatly worn out, and had no stomach for the excitement of another premiere.
What It's Really Like Visiting Bach's Leipzig (SOPP800)
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15:30Vidas PinkeviciusHOST
And we should may also mention that our trip was, uh, part of the celebration of, um, uh, 100 years anniversary of, uh, Leipzig University Choir.
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15:41Vidas PinkeviciusHOST
And, uh, Vilnius University Choir, Gaudeamus, uh, performed in their immatriculation ceremony at the Gewandhaus the day before.
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15:53Vidas PinkeviciusHOST
We were, uh, late for that, um, because of our, uh, delayed, uh, f- flights and, uh, trains.
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16:00Ausra Motuzaite-PinkevicieneHOST
And trains and everything, yes.
Robert Schumann, Tone Poet Prophet And Critic-Herbert Francis Peyser
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46:09David WalesNARRATOR
Then, too, in Vienna, he made the acquaintance of Schubert's brother, Ferdinand, in whose home countless musical treasures were gathering dust.
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46:19David WalesNARRATOR
One of those which he was able to rescue from oblivion was Schubert's great C Major Symphony, which he dispatched to Mendelssohn and Leipzig, who in turn conducted it at a concert of the Gewandhaus.
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46:33David WalesNARRATOR
But we are anticipating.
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46:35David WalesNARRATOR
What should concern us now is the courtship of Clara by Robert, which, though it ended happily, was actually a long martyrdom for both, and in the best traditions of romantic melodrama.
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64:27David WalesNARRATOR
The Schumanns would have been glad to see Robert occupied with some regular work outside his compositions and his writings for the Neue Zeitschrift.
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64:37David WalesNARRATOR
Clara felt that her husband ought to be occupying an important conductor position.
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64:41David WalesNARRATOR
She would like to have seen him in such a post at the Leipzig Gewandhaus concerts, which his friend Mendelssohn had raised to such a level of distinction.
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64:51David WalesNARRATOR
Don't be too ambitious for me, gently chided Robert, who realized that he was not cut out for a conductor.