Tag: Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor BWV 869

  • PROGRAM NOTES: SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF

    PROGRAM NOTES: SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF

    Robert Schumann Variations on an Original Theme in E at major (“Ghost Variations”) WoO 24 In February of 1854, Robert Schumann was in a state of delirium, but a very musical one. He was surrounded by ghosts, he told his wife Clara, ghosts that fed him wonderful music and had occasionally tried to drag him down…