Robert Schumann

Schumann: 4 Songs, Op 142 (No. 4, Mein Wagen rollet langsam)

A slow journey into madness

Schumann: Arabeske in C major, Op 18

Beautiful, winding and free-spirited

Composer of the Week - Robert Schumann

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Robert Schumann

Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op 70

A German goes French

Schumann: Carnaval

A sparkling piano epic with 21 story sections

Music Feature - The Fantastical World of Robert Schumann

Lucy Parham on how literature inspired Schumann to write some of his great piano cycles

Schumann: Romances and ballads - set 2, Op 49 (No. 1, Die Beiden Grenadiere)

Defeated soldiers sing as they die

Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op 26

Oh, Vienna!

Tales from the Stave - Robert Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben

Clemency Burton Hill presents the series celebrating priceless music manuscripts

Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op 42

Music packed with emotional insight into life and marriage

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op 15

Sincere scenes from childhood

Saturday Classics - Chris Jarvis

CBeebies presenter Chris Jarvis with his choices of classical music for children

Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op 16

A demanding piece, written with love

Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 39

A bouquet of love songs for the year

The Story of Music in Fifty Pieces - Schumann's Kreisleriana

Howard Goodall and Suzy Klein discuss the fourth movement of Schumann's Kreisleriana

Schumann: Myrthen, Op 25 (No. 7, Die Lotosblume)

An extraordinary song of wedded bliss

Schumann: Phantasiestucke, Op 73

A lively and frantic fantasy for clarinet and piano

Composer of the Week - Schumann

Donald Macleod explores Schumann's Dusseldorf years

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54

Schumann's only - but widely performed and recorded - piano concerto

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44

An exuberant, glittering work of contrasting themes and moods

Composer of the Week - Robert Schumann

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Robert Schumann

Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, Op 41, No. 1

Life is a rollercoaster

Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, 'Spring'

Full of the joys of Spring

Composer of the Week - Schumann

Donald Macleod explores the literary influences on Robert Schumann

Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op 97, 'Rhenish'

A vigorous and passionate celebration of the Rhine

Schumann: Toccata in C major, Op 7

A touch too much? It's wild, unrelenting, exhausting and… wonderful

Schumann: Trio No. 2 in F major, Op 80

A light-hearted work, like three friends chatting

Schumann: Waldszenen, Op 82

Nature poems for piano