Tragic origins: Korea National Symphony celebrates Weber and Mendelssohn
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In 1806, Carl Maria von Weber accidentally drank nitric acid used for engraving, mistaking it for wine. The near-fatal mishap left his vocal cords damaged for life. A year later, entangled in his father’s catastrophic debts, he was arrested for embezzlement and banished from Württemberg. Yet, out of this chaotic crucible in his early 20s, the German composer forged his Piano Quartet in B-flat major — a daring work that helped lay the groundwork for early Romanticism. Nearly four decades later, F
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