Season Finale, Voice of the Romantic

Inspired by the American and French revolutions and starting with Beethoven, the Romantic Era is the defining age of orchestral music. Chopin ("Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, op. 22")and Schumann, (Symphony No. 2 in C Major, op. 61)both brilliant pianists, embodied the new spirit of human expression, while Saint-Saëns carried the Romantic torch into the twentieth century with his Muse and Poet. Schumann’s inspiring Second Symphony brings our 28th season to a close in pure joy.