Music by Schubert
Elisabeth Schumann (soprano) : Die
Post (The Post) ; Wohin ? (Whither ?) ; Im Abendrot (Dusk) ; Die Vogel (The Birds)
Wilhelm Backhaus (pianoforte) :
Minuet in B minor
Sir George Henschel (baritone), accompanying himself at the pianoforte : Der Leiermann (The Organ-Grinder) ; Das Wandern (A Wandering)
Wilhelm Backhaus : Moment Musical in F minor; Impromptu in B flat, Op. 142, No. 3
A better trio of artists to sing some of Schubert's Lieder and to play his shorter pianoforte pieces could scarcely have been found. Elisabeth Schumann has for years delighted London with one or more of her recital evenings during the season, and always Schubert is represented in her programmes.
The late Sir George Henschel was one of the finest Lieder singers of his age ; while Backhaus, one of London's favourite virtuosi, never fails to enrapture a British audience.