Robert Schumann: the story of his prolific ‘year of song’

Richard Wigmore
Friday, January 3, 2025

Richard Wigmore explores the music of and biography behind Robert Schumann’s miraculous year of song, 1840

Robert Schumann (photo: Bridgeman Images)

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