Imagine if every time you got mad, really mad.

This swelled up around you for everyone to hear.

Or imagine if that time you got your heart broken, you know the time that rip your chest open time.

And this just started pouring into the room.

Every emotion you've ever felt is inside classical music,

right there in the notes, because the people who wrote it they're right there with you

getting their hearts broken their dreams crushed hitting walls with their work and

also experience hitting walls with their work. And also, experiencing moments of just total and complete joy.

I'm Jade Simmons, a classical pianist and storyteller, and we are bringing you a new show that breaks down the human stories behind the music. It's decomposed.

Coming this April, you'll hear about the bizarre things captured in Clara Schuman's diary.

About Tchaikovsky getting tangled up with a very wealthy widow who made some peculiar demands about Ricard Strauss mining his personal life

for musical inspiration much to the embarrassment of his wife.

Stories of families and failures,

loss in triumph, love, and oh I cannot believe you really just did that.

There's war, royalty, propaganda, child prodigies.

It's all in the mix, right there in the music.

For the stories that shaped classical music,

the heartbreaks, the scandals, and the acts of sheer genius that changed everything.

Listen to Decomposed this April, produced in partnership with American Public Media

and Classical Minnesota Public Radio.