Episode 8: The Greatest Schumann

David Walliams' Marvellous Musical Podcast

Global

Music, Kids & Family, Education

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

It’s time to delve into the tale of Clara Schumann, the phenomenally gifted composer who was, in many ways, The Greatest Schumann. Each episode is also accompanied by a playlist in Apple Music – you can find those here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/curator/classic-fm/1211395150 Clara Schumann: Three Romances – Jennifer Pike and Tom Poster (Chandos) Beethoven: Für Elise – Ji Liu (Classic FM) Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat – Alexander Melnikov/Jerusalem Quarete (Harmonia Mundi) Brahms: Piano Sonata in F minor – Stephen Hough (Hyperion) Chopin: Nocture Op.9, No.2 – Ji Liu (Classic FM) Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn – Georg Solti/Murray Perahia Clara Schumann: Scherzo in D minor, Op.10 – Konstanze Eickhorst

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0:00.0	This is a global original podcast from Classic FM.
0:06.5	Welcome back to David Walliams' marvellous musical podcast.
0:12.1	Before we continue, I'd like to make a special announcement.
0:16.0	Today's episode will be the first ever podcast available in...
0:20.0	Three Dimensions! That's right. episode will be the first ever podcast available in three dimensions.
0:24.0	That's right, in this episode, not only will you be able to hear me, but I'll be able to hear you.
0:31.9	I'll show you. Say the word cabbage out loud right now, and we'll deliver a fresh gift basket of cabbages right to your house.
0:40.3	Go on, say it now.
0:44.0	You'll need to shout it, I'm not that close.
0:49.0	Yes, I heard that.
0:50.6	You shouted the word cabbage.
0:52.6	The cabbages are on their way. Anyway, let's get on with the show.
1:00.4	Today, we're going to delve into the life of Clara Schumann, a composer who was in many ways,
1:07.0	the greatest shoeman. It's a pun, yeah, On the greatest showman, but it's shoeman.
1:14.0	Look at us.
1:15.1	We're learning and laughing.
1:26.0	She was born Clara Veick in 1819 in Leipzig in Germany.
1:34.1	Clara was, let me guess, a child prodigy like all the others?
1:39.0	I feel like this entire podcast is just a big scheme to make me feel bad about all the time I wasted as a kid,
1:47.2	throwing stones at sheds and pushing an old tire around the playground with a stick.
1:52.7	David, we've been asked that you stop having a go at the composers for being clever.
1:56.6	Apparently, you made Mozart cry last week.
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