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Juliet Stevenson performs ‘I, Clara: The Virtuosa of Europe’

Devised by Lucy Parham, piano

Part of the Summer Music in City Churches 2026 Festival

Add to my Calendar 19-06-2026 19:30 19-06-2026 21:30 36 Juliet Stevenson performs ‘I, Clara: The Virtuosa of Europe’ Join actress Juliet Stevenson and pianist Lucy Parham for Parham’s acclaimed composer-portrait of Clara Schumann. Created by Lucy Parham in 2019 to celebrate 200 years since Clara Wieck Schumann’s birth, I, Clara tells her extraordinary life story in her own words. The narrative is drawn from letters and diaries, interspersed with live performances of Clara's works and music by Robert Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn and Chopin. Clara Schumann was a truly exceptional woman: not just a devoted wife to the composer Robert Schumann, but a ground-breaking musician in her own right. Over a period of 60 years she gave over 1,500 concerts and pioneered the piano recital format so familiar to us today. A child prodigy, she was groomed for stardom by her piano-teacher father and by the age of eight was dazzling audiences throughout Europe. When her composer husband Robert declined tragically into mental illness, she continued - as mother of their eight children - both to run the household and to make an international concert career to support the family. Programme: ROBERT SCHUMANN Romance in F sharp Op.28 No.2; Sonata No.2 in G minor Op.22 (1st movt); Erster Verlust (First loss) Op.68 No.16; Intermezzo in E flat minor  DUPARC L’invitation au Voyage  POULENC Hyde Park, Montparnasse  DEBUSSY Ariettes Oubliées POULENC Les chemins de l’amour Summer Music in City Churches was founded in 2018, presenting beautiful music to engage, divert and inspire, in ancient and architecturally stunning churches in London's Square Mile. Standing cheek by jowl with City offices, these churches are glorious settings in which to listen and reflect: oases of history, beauty and peace amidst the 24-7 hurly-burly of City life. Find further festival concerts on Classical Events. St Giles Cripplegate, London DD/MM/YYYY

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St Giles Cripplegate
Fore Street
City of London
London
EC2Y 8DA
England

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Programme

Robert Schumann – Romance in F sharp major, Op.28 no.2
Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne in F sharp major, Op.15 no.2

Performers

Juliet Stevenson – Narrator
Lucy Parham – piano

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Programme Note

Join actress Juliet Stevenson and pianist Lucy Parham for Parham’s acclaimed composer-portrait of Clara Schumann.

Created by Lucy Parham in 2019 to celebrate 200 years since Clara Wieck Schumann’s birth, I, Clara tells her extraordinary life story in her own words. The narrative is drawn from letters and diaries, interspersed with live performances of Clara's works and music by Robert Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn and Chopin.

Clara Schumann was a truly exceptional woman: not just a devoted wife to the composer Robert Schumann, but a ground-breaking musician in her own right. Over a period of 60 years she gave over 1,500 concerts and pioneered the piano recital format so familiar to us today.

A child prodigy, she was groomed for stardom by her piano-teacher father and by the age of eight was dazzling audiences throughout Europe. When her composer husband Robert declined tragically into mental illness, she continued - as mother of their eight children - both to run the household and to make an international concert career to support the family.

Programme:

ROBERT SCHUMANN Romance in F sharp Op.28 No.2; Sonata No.2 in G minor Op.22 (1st movt); Erster Verlust (First loss) Op.68 No.16; Intermezzo in E flat minor 

DUPARC L’invitation au Voyage 

POULENC Hyde Park, Montparnasse 

DEBUSSY Ariettes Oubliées

POULENC Les chemins de l’amour

Summer Music in City Churches was founded in 2018, presenting beautiful music to engage, divert and inspire, in ancient and architecturally stunning churches in London's Square Mile. Standing cheek by jowl with City offices, these churches are glorious settings in which to listen and reflect: oases of history, beauty and peace amidst the 24-7 hurly-burly of City life.

Find further festival concerts on Classical Events.

Juliet Stevenson performs ‘I, Clara: The Virtuosa of Europe’

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