Robert Schumann: A Romantic Hero
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth, Morning Edition commentator Miles Hoffman takes the measure of Schumann, the man and his music.
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth, Morning Edition commentator Miles Hoffman takes the measure of Schumann, the man and his music.
Robert Schumann suffered through intense, ecstatic highs and frightening, depressive lows. Today, we’d call that bipolar disorder. Hear pianist Joyce Yang explore the many colorful characters who emerge in Schumann’s Carnaval.