Composer of the Week - Robert Schumann
Donald Macleod charts the unique relationship between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck
Composer of the Week - Robert Schumann - Robert and Clara: The Legend in the Making
Donald Macleod traces the beginnings of the unique relationship between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck, which began at a musical house party in 1828.
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Composer of the Week - Robert Schumann - The Battle for Clara
Donald Macleod explores Schumann's tortuous battle for Clara's hand in marriage. Her father Friedrich Wieck was determined to keep his daughter in his clutches at all costs.
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Composer of the Week - Robert Schumann - The Dresden Years
Donald Macleod explores the Schumanns' move to Dresden in 1845 to start afresh, amid concerns for Robert's mental health.
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Composer of the Week - Robert Schumann - The Dusseldorf Years
Donald Macleod explores how Clara Schumann coped with her husband's decline, and how Brahms became a vital friend during Schumann's years in the asylum at Endenich.
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Composer of the Week - Robert Schumann - The Marriage Diaries
Donald Macleod and pianist Lucy Parham open Robert and Clara Schumann's marriage diaries, which show that their marriage was not the 'poetry and flowers' that Robert had predicted.
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