Composer of the Week: Schubert

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

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Joyless and friendless

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Donald Macleod takes a look at Schubert's life in the year 1824.

Donald Macleod takes a look at Schubert's life in the year 1824. Music includes his 'Rosamunde' String Quartet and his 'Grand Duo' Piano Sonata in C for four hands, D812.

This week of programmes about Franz Schubert focuses on five years through his short life, and features one of his string quartets every day.

In this programme, Donald Macleod takes a look at Schubert's life in the year 1824. Aged 27, Schubert was suffering from symptoms of syphilis, as well as episodes of despair and depression. We hear how his father encouraged him to persevere through his suffering, and Schubert was able to take the sorrow and melancholy he was feeling through into his music. 

That music in this programme includes Schubert's Rosamunde String Quartet, some of his "Grand Duo" Sonata for piano four hands, and - proof of his composition speed - his setting of Gebet for vocal quartet, commissioned in the morning and performed in the evening of the very same day. 

Sonata for Piano Four Hands, D812 (Grand Duo) (mvt 3. Scherzo and Trio, Allegro vivace)
Peter Noke, piano
Helen Krizos, piano
								
String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D 804, (Rosamunde)
Takacs Quartett

Gebet, D 815  
Marlis Petersen, soprano
Anke Vondung, mezzo-soprano 
Werner Güra, tenor
Konrad Jarnot, bass
Christoph Berner, fortepiano

Der Sieg, D 805 
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Eric Schneider, piano

Producer: Amy Wheel for BBC Wales

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

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A week of programmes about Franz Schubert focusing on five years of his short life.

A week of programmes about Franz Schubert focusing on five years of his short life and featuring, each day, one of his string quartets.

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