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Composer: Schumann, Clara (1819-1896)

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Musikverein Wien

Musikverein: Brahms-Saal

Thu 17 Sep at 12:00

Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Wolf, Mendelssohn, Mahler, Liszt, Kralik, Schumann C., Zemlinsky, Schoenberg

Serafina Starke, Rebeka Stojkoska

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St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Fri 18 Sep at 13:00

Schumann C., Schumann, Brahms

Ogawa, Ginov, D. John

Musikverein Wien

Musikverein: Metallener Saal

Sun 20 Sep at 18:45

Schumann C., Schumann, Sancan

Gulnara Arcaini, Tobias Gasché

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Hamish Brown and Beth Taylor © Andrew Perry

Beth Taylor triumphs in her Edinburgh International Festival debut

By David Smythe

Alexandra Dovgan © Vladimir Volkov

Schumann v Schumann: a surprise victor emerges between piano concerto play-off

By Mark Pullinger

Leonore Piano Trio © Kaupo Kikkas

Powerful Chopin and Mendelssohn from the Leonore Piano Trio in Sheffield

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© Anna Thorbjornsson

Konserthuset Stockholm: Grünewaldsalen

Wagner, Rangström, Mahler, Schumann C., Strauss R.

Anna Larsson, Magnus Svensson

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Robert Schumann, 1839 lithograph by Josef Kriehuber © Public domain

Bachtrack top ten: Robert Schumann

By Mark Pullinger

Composers’ hands (l-r): Felix Mendelssohn, R Schumann, Clara Schumann, Buxtehude, JS Bach, Beethoven © Bibl. Jagiellońska | Lib. of Congress | Staatsbibl. Berlin | Universitetsbibl. Uppsala | IMSLP

Traces and scratches: the magical world of composers’ handwriting

By Lawrence Dunn

Hélène Grimaud © Mat Hennek | Deutsche Grammophon

The most literary of all composers: Hélène Grimaud on Robert Schumann

By Jessica Duchen

Fact file

Year of birth	1819
Year of death	1896
Nationality	Germany
Period	Romantic

Top works

3 Romances for violin and piano, Op.22 6 Lieder, Op.13 Nocturne in F major, Op.6 no.2 Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.7 Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 See all...