Organization

Conductor

Kevin John Edusei

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Andreas Haefliger

Piano

Orchestra

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

Mermaids from Zemlinsky and Brahms

Fort Worth

United States

Bass Performance Hall

Mermaids from Zemlinsky and Brahms: Die Seejungfrau Von Zemlinsky (+1 More)

Public

The Mermaid

Piano Concerto No. 2

Approved

Yes, Zemlinsky’s The Mermaid was inspired by the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale and the music bubbles along with cheer and pathos. But there’s more to the story: Zemlinsky wrote the piece after suffering a heartbreak when his paramour left him for another composer, and the score was thought to be long lost. A pair of British music sleuths tracked down the work, however. The evening concludes with Brahms’ second piano concerto, which he described as a “very small piano concerto with a very small and pretty scherzo.”

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble