Schumann Piano Concerto by Candlelight

A Candlelight concert of Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, performed in a London church. The music is by Schumann, but this is a presentation of the work and not a performance by the composer.

Robert Schumann, the German Romantic composer, wrote his Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, for piano and orchestra. He began it in 1841 and completed it in 1845. The work is in three movements played without a break, and it is among the best-known piano concertos of the nineteenth century.

This programme belongs to the Candlelight series, in which well-known works are presented in a candlelit setting. The concert features Schumann's concerto itself, so the evening is built around one piece of the Romantic repertoire rather than a mixed selection.

The concert takes place at St Mary Le Strand Church, a religious building in London, situated on the Strand. Its appeal lies chiefly in hearing a single concerto from the core piano repertoire in a church setting.