Sounds Like with Sean Chen - Musical cryptography

By Sean Chen,

Sam Wisman

Published July 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM CDT

Did you ever pass a love note to your crush in school? Classical composers like Robert Schumann have been known to do the same thing, but with their music.

Carnaval, Op. 9
by Robert Schumann

Impromptus on a Theme of Clara Wieck, Op. 5
by Robert Schumann

Fantasie in C, Op. 17: III
by Robert Schumann

Sounds Like with Sean Chen

Sean Chen

Sean Chen creates custom musical mashups for Classical KC's "Sounds Like with Sean Chen."

Sam Wisman

Sam Wisman is Production Director for 91.9 Classical KC and a backup announcer for KCUR 89.3