Final February, we explored Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 in C Main, a piece unified by a single motivic thread which runs via its 4 actions. Rising as a mystical trumpet name within the Symphony’s opening, this motto (an ascending fifth) rings out as a triumphant assertion within the Symphony’s concluding moments. For Schumann, a composer who confronted inside demons, this majestic, life-affirming work could be heard because the musical equal of Beethoven’s Heiligenstadt Testomony.
This efficiency, recorded on Might 24, 2025 at Houston’s Jones Corridor, captures the Symphony’s wealthy tapestry of conversing contrapuntal strains. It options the Houston Symphony, led by Music Director Juraj Valčuha:
