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Composer Of The Week - 27 Apr to 01 May 26

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Robert Schumann: "I am affected by everything that goes on in the world, politics, literature, people. I think it over, in my own way, and then I long to express my feelings in music."
Robert Schumann is Fine Music Radio’s Composer of the Week.

1 May English South Africa Music · Arts

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