Clara Schumann’s Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann is more than just a dazzling set of piano variations—it’s a love letter in music. She took a theme from Robert’s Bunte Blätter and transformed ...
Perhaps surmising that Schumann was an unstable character, Friedrich Wieck violently opposed the relationship between Robert and Clara, and his actions over the following seven years won him a place ...
Robert Schumann on a litograph by Josef Kriehuber, 1839 Others still speak of a special understanding between the two, although we do not know what Chopin thought about Schumann's music. Schumann ...
Clarinettist Julian Bliss and pianist James Baillieu team up for a second time to perform the music of Clara and Robert ...
There were lovely moments Friday night in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s performances of the Schumann Piano Concerto (with Hélène Grimaud) and Brahms Fourth Symphony. But, with music director Fabio ...
Earlier this month, the New Jersey Symphony presented a program under the baton of their music director that showcased disciplined playing and a unified sound. But on Saturday, the same orchestra ...
Keeping with the adage of starting small, and with style, the ensemble will put on a performance of chamber music featuring works by Robert Schumann, Edvard Grieg and Gustav Holst tomorrow.