Music on Park Avenue: The Schumann Concerto

Music on Park Avenue is back! The popular series hosted by Scandinavia House and Per Tengstrand welcomes its audience back to Victor Borge Hall beginning in the fall of 2021. Beginning in February 2022, the chamber music group Opus @ Princeton University will return for the final four concerts of the season, continuing their popular performances with Tengstrand of piano concertos in chamber settings as well as chamber music works.

In tonight’s performance, Tengstrand and Opus will perform “Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54,” the only concerto written by Robert Schumann. Of all the romantic piano concertos, this might be one that works best in a chamber setting; having gone through years of failed attempts to write a concerto for piano, Schumann finally succeeded with this one, which became one of the most popular concertos in the repertoire.

Tickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; concerts will take place in Victor Borge Hall. Attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage.

Music on Park Avenue will continue with performances on April 21 and May 12.

The Music on Park Avenue concert series is supported in part by a generous grant from The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and in part by the Lynn Carter Fund of the ASF.

In celebration of their upcoming spring programs, Tengstrand and Opus violist Katie Liu joined together for select performances from their “About Schubert” series, including J. S. Bach’s “Suite No. 2 in D minor”; F. Schubert’s “Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano,” and W.A. Mozart’s “Piano Sonata in C major.” See the  video event recorded at Scandinavia House in January of 2022 below when it premieres on February 10!