2. Langsam ملايم

3. Sehr lebhaft بسيار سرزنده

The next concerto would be a string concerto again, from Robert Schuman. A part of this selection has been for the sake of the beauty of the piece, the other for the new solo instrument: “Cello”, and the last movement which seems the most beautiful one.

Schuman is the greatest German romantic composer. He was one of the very first composers who protested the limitations and traditions of the Classics and invented Romanticism. However, the theme in this concerto, especially in the last movement is classic. Virtue and strong, variations in the main sketch both by the cello and orchestra and finally a long, rather enhanced cadence which ends to a ceremonial stop accompanied shortly by the orchestra.

Despite not being technically familiar with the cello, the last movement seems hard to play for the cellist. It includes many double stops and high tempo which require a perfect influence over the instrument to create a vivid, acceptable sound, keeping up with the sense in the piece.

Schuman had affairs with young Brahms and even worked as a teacher in the conservator Mendelssohn used to direct. This concerto is written in 1850 when Shuman was elected as Düsseldorf’s town musical director, which made him happy and prolific which probably encouraged him to write this piece and others like Symphony No 3. May be the sense of peace and happiness in the piece is because of that happiness.

Later Schuman encountered problems in the new job and these problems along with his disrupted health condition made him resign from the job. He had several periods of silence in his artistic carrier, mostly due to sentimental matters; this was only one of them. He even threw himself in the Rhine but not succeeded to commit a suicide. He finally passed away in 1856 in an asylum, suffering much of the symptoms of syphilis.

His cello concerto is composed of three movements:

1. Nicht zu schnell : At Ease.

2. Langsam : Slow and tender.

3. Sehr lebhaft : Very lively.

Here, you can listen to the lively movement of the Cello Concerto.

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