5/5. Donald Macleod looks at Schubert's final year, when life became increasingly serious for the still-young composer, and his works became laced with melancholy.
Der Wegweiser (Winterreise, 0911); Sehnsucht, D879; Der Wanderer an den Mond, D870 Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Aribert Reimann (piano)
Winterreise, D911 (excerpt)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Alfred Brendel (piano)
Benedictus; Agnus Dei (Mass No 6 in E flat, D950) Benjamin Schmidinger (treble), Albin Lenzer
(boy alto), Jbrg Hering (tenor), Kurt Azesberger (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass),
Chorus Viennensis, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Bruno Weil Symphony No 10 in D (excerpt) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Repeated at 8.45pm