Clara Schumann amazes me. She composed most of her music while married to her husband, fellow pianist and composer, Robert, and together they had 8 children. Today, we’ll hear Clara Schumann’s ...
A series of coincidences for this particular day in November and the fathers - and father figures - of big name composers. Mozart Beethoven Copland and Schumann on this episode of Listen To This.
Robert Schumann, Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano performed by Jennifer Frautschi, violin; John Blacklow, piano (Albany). The title of this disc actually reads “Two Three Sonatas for Violin and ...
Our special Schumann series with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin continues with Schumann's Symphony No. 2. Barenboim points out the resemblance to Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, and even ...
Once Robert and Clara Schumann settled down as a married couple, Robert relaxed by studying the counterpoint of Bach. Our music tonight includes a string quartet he composed during this happy time, ...
Don't invite Mitsuko Uchida (MIT-soo-koh oo-CHEE-duh) out to a party. The celebrated pianist prefers to stay home, read, and practice her music. Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor is one of ...
You almost have to go out of your way to avoid Robert Schumann these days; it's the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, and his music is being celebrated as far as the ear can hear. Piano ...
The bicentenary of Robert Schumann's birth will be celebrated next year, but there's every reason to start the festivities early. The Minnesota Orchestra and conductor Edo de Waart (its music director ...