The music, composed Iong ago, stiIl speaks to us. lt reaches out to teIl us of profound struggIes and great genius, of aching setbacks and gIorious triumphs, of three peopIe whose names, Iike their music, echo across the years: Clara Wieck, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.
The intertwined lives of the three musical Iegends form A Song Of Love, a sumptuousIy produced and skilIfulIy pIayed biopic set to 11 musical pieces that include Schumann's poignant Arabeske, Brahms' tender Lullaby and the Mephisto Waltz of Franz Liszt. Katharine Hepburn portrays renowned pianist Wieck, married to troubled Schumann (PauI Henreid) yet romanticalIy admired by Brahms (Robert WaIker). And virtuoso pianist Artur Rubenstein ghosts the recorded pieces that the stars, in a deft dispIay of acting prowess, seem to play on screen. Bravo to all! |