Robert Schumann thought of his fourth symphony as a symphonic fantasy, not a classical symphony. He wanted all four movements to be performed without pauses to focus on the work as a whole — and to ...

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 ...

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For his much-anticipated TSO début, the Music Director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival presents a meaty programme of excellent pieces, from Schumann’s urgent ...

One "n" or two, that's the question. The menu for Saturday's Springfield Symphony Orchestra includes a Schumann sandwich, with a twist. That twist involves two composers whose surnames differ only by ...

Charles Hazlewood sheds new light on Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in D minor (Op. 120) by exploring the original version of the work, composed in 1841. In the process Charles questions the often ...

Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in D minor was first completed in 1841 and then heavily revised in 1851. The composer's widow, Clara, later claimed that the first version had just been a sketch which was ...