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Masterclass: Schumann Fantasiestücke for cello and piano

2025-06-13T09:02:00

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These three pieces pose an opportunity to create a dream-like sound world illustrating love in all its forms, says cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca

Schumann’s Fantasiestücke are generally some of the first pieces you play in chamber music lessons when you start to work with a collaborator. They look familiar and easy to approach, but the more you play and discover them, the more you understand how difficult they actually are. I still find them more difficult than they appear…

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