CLARA SCHUMANN: A ROMANTIC PORTRAIT
She was a child prodigy, a child poet at the piano who later was dubbed 'The Priestess of the Piano' by Franz Liszt. Hear her early compositions Toccatina and Nocturne, her Op. 11 Romances which were her secret musical love letters to Robert Schumann, her Variations on his theme and the set of Romances dedicated to Johannes Brahms; all paired with excerpts from love letters and diaries and the passionate and turbulent story of this remarkable musician of the Romantic era.
“The effect was extraordinary as the story emerged in fascinating detail ... a gifted raconteur besides being an excellent pianist.”