Robert Schumann worked in both the literary and musical worlds; he found a lot of opportunity for crossover between the two. After reading Lord Byron's poetic drama "Manfred," Schumann was inspired to ...

Wolfgang Sawallisch steps down this year after a decade as music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. To mark the end of his tenure and to celebrate his 80th birthday next month, the orchestra has ...

Heinz Holliger began his survey of Schumann’s orchestral music three years ago with the First Symphony. He ends it now with a collection of the overtures, alongside the two-movement torso of the ...

The current Seattle Symphony program pairs an undisputed masterpiece — Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony — with an ardent, committed performance of a flawed masterpiece by Robert Schumann. The latter’s ...

Streaming platforms for Leonard Bernstein - Schubert: Symphony No. 9 / Schumann: Manfred Overture haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.

Do we really need to rediscover Tchaikovsky? Michael Tilson Thomas seems to think so, and is championing the great Romantic Russian composer in a short series of concerts at the Barbican with the ...

In 1943, a 25 year-old Leonard Bernstein stepped in at the last minute for Bruno Walter to conduct Schumann’s Manfred Overture with the New York Philharmonic. The orchestra continued to have a rich ...