Robert Schumann

Join us on Sunday, December 29 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1, and Monday, December 30 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 when tThe Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series brings you a program of Mozart and Schumann from the 2023/2024 season.

The latest Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert program features William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony alongside Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, with Tony Siqi Yun as soloist.

Beatrice Rana and Yannick Nézet-Séguin foreground the music of Clara Wieck, better known today as Clara Schumann, on an album of piano concertos by her and her celebrated husband. John T.K. Scherch has our Album of the Week review.

When the young Robert Schumann fell in love with his piano teacher’s daughter, Clara Wieck, her father was not pleased and tried to keep them apart. How did they keep their passion alive?

Join us on Sunday, May 9 at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, May 10 at 7 PM on WRTI HD-2 to hear this 2016 Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcast with…

On Friday, March 27th at 1 PM on WRTI 90.1, our Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert re-broadcast from 2019 brings pianist Jonathan Biss to the stage, for a…

March 9, 2020. In For Love of You, pianist Lara Downes pays homage to the 19th-century pianist and composer Clara Wieck Schumann, playing solo piano works…

Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor is one of my all-time favorite pieces. It’s passionate, lyrical, intimate, and joyous. The opening melody…

August 13, 2018. On their new album, Israeli-American cellist Inbal Segev and Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen combine their artistry in three ultra-Romantic…

August 1, 2018. It’s not new by any stretch, but it is new to us. Alfred Brendel Live in Vienna is actually quite a find for lovers of this great pianist.…