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Tagged: Robert Schumann

9:02 am
Thu October 11, 2012

Jonathan Biss: Meet The Schumanns (And Their Cryptic Communications)

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Communication was not a strong suit for Robert and Clara Schumann. But music surely was.
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by Jonathan Biss (Pianist Jonathan Biss decodes the unconventional relationship between Robert Schumann and his wife Clara in this second essay for our week dedicated to this composer. Click the audio link above to hear him play Schumann and discuss his work with Performance Today host Fred Child.)
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Deceptive Cadence
10:19 am
Tue October 9, 2012

Jonathan Biss: Shooting Down The Schumann Detractors

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Composer Robert Schumann has his share of critics. Pianist Jonathan Biss is out to prove them wrong.
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Originally published on Wed March 27, 2013 11:03 am

(For our week dedicated to Robert Schumann, pianist Jonathan Biss defends this misunderstood composer in the first of three essays. Click the audio link above to hear him play Schumann and discuss the composer with Performance Today host Fred Child.)

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Deceptive Cadence
8:34 am
Mon October 8, 2012

Five Things You Never Knew About Robert Schumann

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Many aspects of composer Robert Schumann's life and music have remained largely misunderstood.
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By Eric Frederick Jensen

Originally published on Mon October 8, 2012 9:25 am

All this week, we'll be focusing our lens on the music of Robert Schumann and the lasting impact of his work. Leading the conversation is pianist Jonathan Biss, who's making a 30-concert project out of this Schumann exploration all season long and who has written a series of essays on Schumann. Starting things off for us today is musicologist and Schumann expert Eric Frederick Jensen.

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2:19 pm
Sun November 28, 2010

OLD WICKED SONGS: Jon Marans' Pulitzer-Nominated Play at Bristol Riverside Theatre

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Two musicians discover secrets about one another - and learn about themselves - through their work on a song cycle by 19th-century German composer Robert Schumann.  WRTI's Susan Lewis considers this award-winning drama about the power of music to bridge differences.