Regretfully, Radio 3 saw fit to infest my ears with Schumann as their composer of the week last week.
No, it didn't! For it to have "seen fit" to do this, it would have first to have known about your loathing of Schumann and secondly been certain that, notwithstanding that loathing, you'd have listened anyway.
That said, I've asked you before and so I'll ask you again (as you've yet to answer), given that many of your musical sympathies lie with the Romantic movement, especially in its earlier days, what is it about Schumann in particular that invites such venom from you? I'm sure that people here would be interested to know more about the specific things that you so profoundly dislike in his music and, indeed, whether there are any exceptions to this in Schumann's repertoire. I'm not seeking to argue with you about this (one cannot, after all, "argue" about someone else's tastes and distastes) - merely asking you to go into some detail about this, hopefully illustrating some of your remarks with observations about particular pieces by Schumann.
Over to you!
Best,
Alistair
Topic: Thalberg