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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Composer of the Week: Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Episode 4: The Beginning of the End

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Episode 4

Episode 4: The Beginning of the End

The Beginning of the End

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Franz Schubert (1797-1828), The Beginning of the End

Donald Macleod introduces works Schubert wrote with some of his musician friends in mind.

Donald Macleod introduces two chamber pieces Schubert wrote with some of his musician friends in mind and a selection of songs from his bleak song cycle Winterreise.

As Schubert's reputation grew, so too did respect for his music amongst the professional musicians of Vienna. Schubert wrote two chamber works with some of these musician friends in mind - a virtuosic piece for violin and piano, and a delightfully lyrical piano trio. Donald Macleod introduces both works plus an excerpt from his bleakly beautiful song-cycle 'Winterreise'.

An die Laute
Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Polonaise in D minor D824 no.1
Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow (piano)

Rondo in B minor, D895
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Cédric Tiberghien (piano)

Ständchen D920
Birgit Remmert (alto)
RIAS Chamber Choir
Director, Marcus Creed

Winterreise D911 (Excerpt)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Jörg Demus (piano)

Piano Trio No.1 in B flat, D898 (final mvt)
Florestan Trio.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Franz Schubert

Donald Macleod explores music written in a critical time in Schubert's life, following the diagnosis of serious illness

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