Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann's entire being was music, informed by dream and fantasy. He was music's quintessential Romantic, always ardent, always striving for the ideal.
Concerts
April 2, 2013 Hear one of today's finest young pianists and an English string quartet play Schumann and new music.
July 30, 2010 The composer's only opera follows a young wife whose loyalty and faith are put to the test.
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June 8, 2010 André Laplante and string quartet Quatuor Claudel-Canimex celebrate the composer's bicentennial.
June 7, 2009 Hear the Gold Medalists at the Cliburn Competition, held every four years in Fort Worth, Texas.
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June 17, 2008 The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra plays two revamped works by Schumann in concert.
February 9, 2007 The French pianist presents his nuanced and atmospheric interpretations of Ravel and Schumann.
Studio Sessions
October 11, 2012 The pianist asserts Robert Schumann was the first to imbue a longing for the past in his own music.
October 10, 2012 The pianist performs Robert Schumann's music and decodes musical love notes to his wife Clara.
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October 9, 2012 The acclaimed pianist performs and defends music by a misunderstood composer.
June 8, 2010 Hear the pianist discuss the imaginative depiction of childhood in Schumann’s Kinderszenen.
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June 8, 2010 The young pianist explores the warring sides of Schumann's mind with this studio performance.
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July 30, 2009 The young Israeli pianist digs deep into the tangled mind and music of Robert Schumann at WGBH.
Interviews & Profiles
June 8, 2010 The composer's intimate "Träumerei" stakes everything on one moment of epiphany, beautifully set up.
June 8, 2010 Commentator Miles Hoffman takes the measure of the composer's music 200 years after his birth.
June 21, 2008 Conductor Marin Alsop muses on her fascination with music by the mentally unstable Robert Schumann.
January 12, 2008 The pianist talks about playing at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, and his subsequent career.
January 15, 2007 Cynthia Phelps says violas play a "subtle but exciting" role in the texture and feel of the music.
Discover Songs
October 21, 2010 The young pianist's love for chamber music came from playing Schumann.
October 19, 2010 The pianist picks a favorite but forgotten piece by Schumann from the peak of the composer's powers.
News
June 8, 2010 Commentator Miles Hoffman takes the measure of the composer's music 200 years after his birth.
June 7, 2010 Learn about the passionately creative but troubled life of Schumann and hear some of his best music.
January 27, 2010 The acclaimed American pianist and composer died Saturday after an eight-decade career. He was 94.
June 7, 2009 Hear the Gold Medalists at the Cliburn Competition, held every four years in Fort Worth, Texas.
More Stories
October 12, 2012 Fridays are funnier with a cartoon at noon from Deceptive Cadence.
October 8, 2012 A guide to the misunderstood composer from the author of a newly reissued biography.
September 25, 2012 Hear the iconic pianist play a range of music, from Brahms and Gibbons to Schoenberg and Strauss.
May 19, 2011 How pianist Orli Shaham coaxes preschoolers to take in Bach, Schumann and Ravel.
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December 22, 2010 It was a good year for birthday boys Chopin and Schumann. WGUC picks some great CDs of their music.
October 20, 2010 Pianist Jonathan Biss lets a classic recording from the 1920s make a case for Schumann.
October 18, 2010 This week we're collecting stories and opinions about the much misunderstood composer.
August 16, 2010 Explore some of the standout and surprising musician alter egos over time.
June 1, 2006 From Schumann's piano suite called "Scenes from Childhood," Lang Lang plays "Dreaming."
