Wednesday, June 2 at 9 p.m. – The World of Robert Schumann
(Rochester, NY) – This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of composer Robert Schumann. Producer and host John Tibbetts has studied the life and music of Schumann since the early 1960s and over the last 20 years worked to produce an extraordinary documentary of his life and music. In The World of Robert Schumann, airing Wednesdays at 9 p.m. and again at 10 p.m., beginning June 2 on Classical 91.5/FM-HD91.5-1, Tibbetts talks with biographers, psychiatrists, musicologists, critics and publishers. The series features dramatizations, interviews, commentary and hundreds of musical excerpts.
To learn more about the series and Tibbetts research, visit: http://www.johnctibbetts.com/index.html
Pictured: A portrait of Robert Schumann by
Artwork by:
John Tibbetts
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