Robert Schumann – String Quartet in a, Op. 41/1

Until 1840, Schumann published only works for piano. Schumann and Clara Wieck, an exceptional concert pianist, married in September, 1840, and then in 1841 alone Schumann composed well over a hundred songs, as well as two symphonies. The Op. 41 quartets were composed in 1842. Critical opinion has tended to be rather dismissive of Schumann’s quartets. […]

Tarkovsky

I watched once again The Sacrifice, the last of Andrei Tarkovsky’s films. This time I found it ridiculous and boring, and I think that is because I do accept the pact upon which the film turns, namely, that if God accepts as a bargain that if a person gives up all he loves the destruction […]