The art song is a musical genre that really got its start in the early nineteenth century. One of the true pioneers of the form was the composer Franz Schubert, who used memorable tunes, clever piano ...
Franz Schubert is largely credited with inventing the classical song cycle, and his 1828 “Winterreise” — or “Winter Journey” — the forlorn reflections of a young man who has lost his love to another, ...
In a new staging by Netia Jones, Hans Zender’s “composed interpretation” of Schubert’s “Winterreise” burnishes its source material. This little song from Ludwig Tieck’s 1797 artistic fairy-tale “Der ...
TICKETS: $29–$39. Visit www.rockportmusic.org or call 978-546-7391. Not every winter’s journey involves a jolly man magically delivering toys the world over. Schubert’s riveting “Winterreise,” the ...
Als einen Kreis "schauerlicher Lieder" hatte Schubert seine "Winterreise" angekündigt. Kein anderer deutscher Liederzyklus ist so bekannt und wird so geschätzt. Es ist eine Musik des Abschieds. Eine ...
In between, the pianist Stefan Vladar – a big presence here – keeps each song moving at a firm pulse, almost as a clear frame that contains Skovhus’s vivid range of emotion. Songs such as ‘Auf dem ...
Die gefeierte Mezzosopranistin Joyce DiDonato, begleitet von Yannick Nézet-Séguin, dem Musikdirektor der New Yorker Metropolitan Opera, sucht in ihrer Interpretation Antworten auf die Frage: Wer ist ...