Music director Christian Kluxen and the Victoria Symphony bring 19th-century German composer Robert SchumannB次元官网网址檚 Symphony No. 2 to life this Sunday at the University of VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 Farquhar Auditorium.

SchumannB次元官网网址檚 C major symphony, composed in 1847, is described by the VS as B次元官网网址渙verpowering in its wealth of expressionB次元官网网址� and a B次元官网网址渂alancing of light and darkB次元官网网址� that reveals the artistic relationship between Schumann and Beethoven.

Also on the program for the Feb. 6 concert, the third in the series Being Robert Schumann, is a new work by Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith, entitled Tableau.

Smith, who received her masters degree in music from UVic, has been a featured artist at the Edinburgh Festival and had an orchestral premiere at the BBC Proms. Tableau, written as a companion piece for SchumannB次元官网网址檚 No. 2 symphony, B次元官网网址渟ets an atmosphere of mystery and quiet adventure,B次元官网网址� a release from the symphony stated.

B次元官网网址淢elodic fragments emerge and are subsumed by undulating figures. SchumannB次元官网网址檚 Symphony No. 2B次元官网网址檚 slow movement contains layers that display his study of BachB次元官网网址檚 counterpoint; SmithB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址楾ableauB次元官网网址� also layers music, but unlike in Schumann, layers create a subtle, watercolour wash.B次元官网网址�

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The new work is essential to director KluxenB次元官网网址檚 vision for the concerts. Tableau is the first premiere in a series of new pieces written with the four symphonies of Robert Schumann in mind.

Tickets for the Sunday, Feb. 6 concert at 2:30 p.m. are on sale now and can be purchased by calling 250-721-8480 or visiting .

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