EBU Schumann Day - A Schumann Salon

Andrew McGregor and Sarah Walker present a special programme to launch Radio 3's Schumann 200 week. Schumann biographer, John Worthen, gives a whistle-stop tour through the main events of the composer's life and times, and pianist Lucy Parham performs live in the studio. Music on disc includes the great song cycle Frauenliebe und -leben, Op 42, and the Marchenerzahlungen, Op 132. 10:00 SCHUMANN Der Nussbaum (Myrthen, Op 25) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Christoph Eschenbach (piano) DG 415 190 2 Track 31 3:03 10:06 LIVE SCHUMANN Fantasiestucke, Op 12 (Des Abends) Lucy Parham (piano) 3:48 10:10 SCHUMANN Fantasiestucke, Op 12 (In der Nacht) Lucy Parham (piano) 3:57 10:29 SCHUMANN Hermann & Dorothea overture, Op 136 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Conductor Kurt Masur RCA 74321341722 CD1, Tk 9 8:04 10:40 LIVE CLARA SCHUMANN Nocturne (Soirees musicales, Op 6) Lucy Parham (piano) 4:21 10:52 SCHUMANN Frauenliebe und Leben, Op 42 Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Bengt Forsberg (piano) DG 445 881 2 Tks 1-8 22:42 11:16 LIVE SCHUMANN Traumerai (Kinderszenen, Op 15) Lucy Parham (piano) 2:52 11:31 SCHUMANN Marchenerzahlungen, Op 132 Sabine Meyer (clarinet) Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Hartmut Holl (piano) EMI CDC 7 49736 2 Tks 8 – 11 13:53 11:55 LIVE SCHUMANN Widmung Lucy Parham (piano) 3:32