A tortured Romantic genius — destined to die young — celebrates the beauty of nature and the majesty of a medieval cathedral. Robert and Clara Schumann arrived in the Rhineland city of Dusseldorf on 2 ...

There are no special T-shirts on sale as swag for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s “Schumann Focus” festival, the way there have been for Gustavo Dudamel’s Beethoven and Mahler symphony cycles at Walt ...

Regular patrons of the San Francisco Symphony have known for the past few years that this set was coming, as Michael Tilson Thomas and the orchestra unveiled, one by one, live performances of the ...

With the first emphatic blast of brass in the first movement of Schumann's "Spring" Symphony, the listener is put on notice. Here begins a decisively different approach to the composer's four ...

At the start of the fall season, San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas promised an immersive exploration into the music of Robert Schumann — one that included live recordings of ...

Robert Schumann's life was a roller coaster of success and plight. See how his music mirros his personal life during the Houston Symphony's Schumann Festival: Angels and Demons. Credit: Photo from ...

This week, co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies celebrate the birthdays of Robert Schumann and George Walker. We'll hear Walker's "Lyric for Strings:" a moving tribute to his mother, who had been ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. To kick off the Festival, Houston Symphony Associate Principal Viola Joan ...

Symphony No. 1, 'Spring' Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Schønwandt, Conductor Robert Schumann, Composer Symphony No. 2 Robert Schumann, Composer Michael Schønwandt, Conductor ...

The Houston Symphony’s Schumann Festival notwithstanding, it’s a miracle Robert Schumann isn’t better-known already. Hollywood has already given us the 1947 film “Song of Love,” starring Katharine ...