To celebrate the bicentennial of one of the most important musicians of the Romantic Era, 91Classical held a two-week festival of concerts, broadcasts and storytelling in her honor. Join Vanderbilt history professor Jim Lovensheimer to learn all about the remarkable life of Clara Schumann in a special two-part episode of Classically Speaking.

For this episode, we wove together Lovensheimer’s narration with performances from our Live In Studio C program and from our gala concert at the Blair School of Music. This episode includes the following pieces:

• Toccatina, from Soirees Musicales Op. 6, performed by Kristian Klefstad
• Moderato, from Romances Op. 11, performed by Kristian Klefstad
• Die stille Lotusblume performed by Callie Emery
• Ich stand in dunklen träumen performed by Anighya Crocker
• Allgretto from Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17, performed by Belmont Camerata
• Ich hab’ in deinem Auge, performed by Anighya Crocker
• Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen, performed by Grace Brega
• Mazurka, from Soirees Musicales, Op. 6, performed by Kristian Klefstad

Host Colleen Phelps greets the crowd at 91Classical’s Clara Schumann Birthday Festival concertKara McLeland91Classical