Donald Macleod considers the challenges encountered by Schubert as he tried to carve a career for himself. Show more

Donald Macleod focuses on some of Schubert's closest and most influential friends and his relationship with two important women in his life. Show more

Donald Macleod introduces examples of Schubert's songs, part-songs and chamber music typical of the works performed at the musical soirées of friends and admirers all over Vienna. Show more

Donald Macleod presents two works which reflect Schubert's state of mind after a dramatic change in his circumstances, when he contracted syphilis at the age of 25. Show more

Donald Macleod introduces music from the last 18 months of Schubert's life, a period when he wrote some of the most remarkable works of his career. Show more