lain Burnside looks at the public and private faces of Schubert. This final programme features a birthday serenade, a piano impromptu based on a tune from Schubert's incidental music for the play Rosamunde, the poignant Fantasy for Piano Duet, and his final song.
Standchen, D920
Birgit Remmert (mezzo),
RIAS Chamber Choir, Philip Mayers
(fortepiano), conductor Marcus Creed Entr'acte after Act 3 of "Rosamunde"
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Claudio Abbado
Impromptu in B flat, D935 No 3 Artur Schnabel (piano)
Fantasy in F minor, D940
Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu (piano duet) Die Taubenpost, D965a (Schwanengesang) Peter Schreier (tenor), Andras Schiff (piano) Repeated next Friday 12 midnight