Monday mornings, 10:30 - Noon Starting February 11, 2019 Petaluma Historical Library and Museum $200 for the series; $30 drop in at the door
Join Santa Rosa Symphony Cultural Historian Kayleen Asbo, Ph.D for an inspiring series of lecture- recitals about some of the most passionate love affairs of the 19th century-- and the astonishing music they inspired.
February 11: Cross Dressed Lovers Frederic Chopin and George Sand February 18: Intrigue and the Inferno Franz Liszt and Princess Carolyne Wittgenstein February 25: Have I Got a Soap Opera for You… Richard Wagner and Cosima Liszt Hector Berlioz and Harriet Smithson March 11: Passion Beyond the Grave Robert and Clara Schumann March 18: Did They or Didn’t They? Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms April 8: Bliss, Bach and a Year in Italy Fanny Mendelssohn and Wilhelm Hensel April 22: Love’s Enigmas Edward and Alice Elgar