Another recital featuring Schubert's song cycles performed bytenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julius Drake earlierthis month at London's Wigmore Hall. In Winterreise, as with Die Schone Mullerin , Schubert chooses poems by Wilhelm Muller. After finishing the set of 24 persistently gloomy and despondent songs he is supposed to have said to friends: "I will sing through a cycle of grisly songs for you. I am anxious to know what you will say about them. They have affected me more than has been the case with any other songs." Introduced by Stephanie Hughes.
Schubert Die Winterreise, D911 Final concert tomorrow 7.30pm