Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat Major

Today in our exploration of music by Clara and Robert Schumann, I am going to share with you an excerpt from my favorite piece by Robert, his Piano Quartet in E-flat Major.

I find that I especially love adagios, and that is certainly the case here. “Adagio” is a direction in music to perform slowly and gracefully. I love slow and graceful music!

There are few pieces of music that make me believe in a superior being, something bigger than us (at least for a short period of time), and this is one of them.