Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring | Matthias Manasi and the Kazakh State Philharmonic Orchestra 2022

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A star-studded symphony: Robert Schumann’s 1st symphony in B-flat major, op. 38, named "spring symphony", performed by the Kazakh State Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of conductor Matthias Manasi. The concert took place on 9 April 2022 at the Almaty Kazakh State Philharmonic.

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1, B-flat major, op. 38
(00:00) I. Andante maestoso - Allegro molto vivace
(12:39) II. Larghetto
(19:31) III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
(25:11) IV. Allegro animato e grazioso

Although he had made some "symphonic attempts" in the autumn of 1840 soon after he married Clara Wieck, he did not compose his first symphony until early 1841. Until then, Schumann was largely known for his works for the piano and for voice. Clara encouraged him to write symphonic music, noting in her diary, "it would be best if he composed for orchestra; his imagination cannot find sufficient scope on the piano... His compositions are all orchestral in feeling... My highest wish is that he should compose for orchestra—that is his field! May I succeed in bringing him to it!"

Schumann sketched the symphony in four days from 23 to 26 January and completed the orchestration by 20 February. The premiere took place under the baton of Felix Mendelssohn on 31 March 1841 in Leipzig, where the symphony was warmly received. According to Clara's diary, the title "Spring Symphony" was bestowed upon it due to Adolf Böttger's poem Frühlingsgedicht. The symphony's opening has traditionally been associated with the closing lines of Böttger's poem, "O wende, wende deinen Lauf/Im Thale blüht der Frühling auf!" (“O, turn, O turn and change your course/In the valley, Spring blooms forth!"). This view has been challenged, and the call of a Leipzig nightwatchman has been mentioned as an alternative source.

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