Donald focuses on Schumann's formative years and discovers how as a young man he couldn't make up his mind whether to become a lawyer, writer, pianist or composer. Show more

Donald Macleod focuses on two unsettling strands in Schumann's life in the late 1840s - his precarious mental health and the revolution in his new home town of Dresden. Show more

Donald Macleod focuses on Robert Schumann's nerve-racking love life and the surreal story of his journey towards becoming a pianist. Show more

Donald Macleod focuses on the disorders that plagued Schumann for much of his life, as well as the nail-biting saga of his engagement to Clara Wieck. Show more

Donald Macleod discusses Schumann's move to Dusseldorf with its neighbouring mental asylum. And he reveals the tragic end to the composer's life - incarcerated in a mental asylum. Show more