L. Bernstein on Robert Schumann's Orchestral Ability and His Second Symphony in C Major

Robert Schumann, despite a fair amount of people appreciating him, is one of the most underappreciated and misunderstood composers of all time. The countless "accusations" of his compositional ability, compared to other composers, from the public over time prove this, which includes: 1. Schumann was best solely on piano (or maybe Lieder)... 2. Schumann's late works from the late 1840s to 1850s contain signs of madness and musicality therefore suffers(!)... 3. Schumann couldn't handle large forms... 4. Schumann was a bad orchestrator... Perhaps Schumann's great music is such on both personal and yet spiritual level, that it's difficult to be understood by the majority of the public. Or perhaps we are so used to appreciating music from Beethoven, Brahms, etc that we falsely anchor them as absolute standards and dismiss Schumann's own beauty. When I came across this wonderful audio from Leonard Bernstein and Deutsche Grammophon, I decided to create a video from it, with subtitles and images to go along with. A genius recognizes a genius, so let's listen to Bernstein talk about Schumann's orchestration and his Second Symphony in C major, Op. 61. Note: After further research, I have noticed that Beethoven uses trombones for the last two movements of Symphony No. 6 and 2nd movement also for Symphony No. 9. There's also a typo in 02:42 time, where I have accidently typed 'bode' instead of 'bowed'. -Kyungbin (Kevin) Park, 박경빈 Audio file source:    • Musical Analysis: Bernstein on Schumann, S...      • Musical Analysis: Bernstein on Schumann, S...      • Musical Analysis: Bernstein on Schumann, S...      • Musical Analysis: Bernstein on Schumann, S...      • Musical Analysis: Bernstein on Schumann, S...      • Musical Analysis: Bernstein on Schumann, S...      • Musical Analysis: Bernstein on Schumann, S...   00:00 Introduction 06:10 First Movement 21:42 Second Movement 26:30 Third Movement 34:04 Fourth Movement