Schumann & Friedrich: Nature in Music & Art
- April 13, 2025 at 2 PM
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Program & Artists
Schumann Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Artwork by Caspar David Friedrich and others
Leon Botstein conductor
Tickets
- From $35 ($30 + $5 fee)
3-Concert series Up to 20% off the full price
Part of TŌN’s Sight & Sound series
In the popular series Sight & Sound, The Orchestra Now explores the parallels between orchestral music and the visual arts. Each performance includes a discussion with conductor and music historian Leon Botstein accompanied by on-screen exhibition images and live musical excerpts, then a full performance of the works and an audience Q&A.
As the German Romantic movement took hold in the early 19th century, artists of all types began examining the relationship between nature and the human soul. Painter Caspar David Friedrich, widely considered the most important German artist of the era, portrayed nature as a setting for profound spiritual and emotional encounters. His compatriot, the renowned composer Robert Schumann, also took inspiration from the natural world. Upon moving to Düsseldorf, along the Rhine River, he wrote his buoyant Third Symphony, which he titled the Rhenish.
The exhibition Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature will be on view at The Met Fifth Avenue February 8–May 11, 2025 in gallery 999.
Concert Details
The event will last approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Discussion, on-screen exhibition images, and live musical excerpts
Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now
Intermission
20 min
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
33 min
Listen
Q&A with the audience
All timings are approximate. Program and artists subject to change.
Sample the Music
Schumann Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Image: Caspar David Friedrich (German, Greifswald 1774–1840 Dresden). Two Men Contemplating the Moon (detail), ca. 1825–30. Oil on canvas. 13 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (34.9 x 43.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wrightsman Fund, 2000 (2000.51)
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