Name: Clara & Johannes
Start: 2024-10-17T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-17T22:30:00-04:00
Location: Woolsey Hall

Thursday, October 17 at Woolsey Hall: Music Director Perry So conducts NHSO is Brahms's magnificent Fourth Symphony, CT State Composer Charles Ives's "Three Places in New England," and Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor featuring piano soloist Inna Faliks.
Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms shared a deep and enduring friendship that greatly influenced their music. Clara, a brilliant pianist and composer, was a close confidante and mentor for Brahms. Their relationship, rooted in mutual respect and admiration, inspired some of the most beautiful and heartfelt compositions in classical music. This concert celebrates their unique bond and the timeless music born from it.
The program will also feature Connecticut’s official composer, Charles Ives, in honor of his 125th Birthday Anniversary! Born in Danbury in 1874, Ives attended Yale University and worked in the insurance industry, while also becoming one of the most influential composers in American history. Three Places in New England aims to paint a picture of American ideals, lifestyle and patriotism at the turn of the 20th century by musically visiting Boston Commons; Redding, Connecticut; and Stockbridge, Mass.
From Music Director Perry So:
“Symphonic music came to New Haven through immigrants over a century ago, and central European musicians have played a major part of the history of the NHSO, the fourth oldest symphony orchestra in the country. While technically European at its source, the works of composers such as Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak almost immediately crossed the Atlantic and flourished on the music stands of the NHSO and our peers. Brahms’ fourth and final symphony is such a work — thoroughly central European at its birth but almost immediately finding a home on these shores. In this program we explore Clara Schumann’s piano concerto, a foundational work of the history of the piano that has been unjustly forgotten until recently. We will also celebrate the 150th birthday of Connecticut’s state composer, Charles Ives, the great maverick innovator of American music, who walked the streets of New Haven as a young man, and attended countless NHSO concerts in those formative years.”
This concert is sponsored by Frontier Communications and the New Haven Register.
Adult tickets start at $15; youth under 18 are free with the purchase of an adult ticket, and college students are $10. Learn more at NewHavenSymphony.org or call (203) 693-1486.