The Great Composers

Robert Schumann (2x9)

Air date: Oct 31, 2006

Interweaving documentary and fiction this film offers a glimpse into the life of the composer Robert Schumann through his chamber music. Movements drawn from his Quartet in A Major Op. 41 no. 3 and Quartet in A Minor Op. 41 no. 1set the stage for the development of the lavish fresco freely inspired by the life of the composer one of the leading figures of Romanticism.