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Gewandhaus

Gewandhaus

Concert hall in Leipzig, GermanyWikipedia

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Nov 2, 2026

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82:37
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David WalesNARRATOR
82:47
On the following March 13, it was performed by David at a Gewandhaus concert.
David WalesNARRATOR
82:53
Not under the composer's direction, however.
David WalesNARRATOR
82:56
The latter was in Frankfurt in poor health and greatly worn out, and had no stomach for the excitement of another premiere.
Vidas PinkeviciusHOST
15:30
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.
Vidas PinkeviciusHOST
15:41
And, uh, Vilnius University Choir, Gaudeamus, uh, performed in their immatriculation ceremony at the Gewandhaus the day before.
Vidas PinkeviciusHOST
15:53
We were, uh, late for that, um, because of our, uh, delayed, uh, f- flights and, uh, trains.
Ausra Motuzaite-PinkevicieneHOST
16:00
And trains and everything, yes.
David WalesNARRATOR
46:09
Then, too, in Vienna, he made the acquaintance of Schubert's brother, Ferdinand, in whose home countless musical treasures were gathering dust.
David WalesNARRATOR
46:19
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.
David WalesNARRATOR
46:33
But we are anticipating.
David WalesNARRATOR
46:35
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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David WalesNARRATOR
64:27
The Schumanns would have been glad to see Robert occupied with some regular work outside his compositions and his writings for the Neue Zeitschrift.
David WalesNARRATOR
64:37
Clara felt that her husband ought to be occupying an important conductor position.
David WalesNARRATOR
64:41
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.
David WalesNARRATOR
64:51
Don't be too ambitious for me, gently chided Robert, who realized that he was not cut out for a conductor.

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