I, Clara: Lucy Parham & Joanna David

Lucy Parham – piano
Joanna David – narrator
Scripted by Lucy Parham.Clara Schumann was a truly exceptional woman, a ground-breaking musician in her own right - not just a devoted wife to the composer Robert Schumann. By the age of eight she was dazzling audiences throughout Europe. When her husband declined tragically into mental illness and an attempt at suicide, she continued both to run the household and to make an international concert career to support the family.Clara championed the works of her husband and of Chopin, Mendelssohn, Brahms and many others. She herself was also a talented composer, producing a piano concerto, numerous solo piano works, chamber music and songs.“One of the must-see events of the musical calendar." BBC Music Magazine