The Final Years - 1827
Kate Molleson journeys through the last five years of Franz Schubert鈥檚 life, with a focus today on the composer鈥檚 penultimate year.
Kate Molleson journeys through the last five years of Franz Schubert鈥檚 life, with a focus today on the composer鈥檚 penultimate year. This was a period when Schubert still hoped to make a name for himself as a composer not only for the stage but also as Beethoven鈥檚 successor in the realms of symphonic music.
Impromptu No 3 in G flat, D.899
Barry Douglas, piano
Winterreise, D. 911 (Gute Nacht)
Roderick Williams, baritone
Christopher Glynn, piano
St盲ndchen, D. 920
Martha Hart, mezzo-soprano
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Norman Mackenzie, piano
Robert Shaw, conductor
Symphony No 9 in C. D. 944 鈥楾he Great鈥� (Finale. Allegro vivace)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Fantasie in F minor, D. 940
Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Samson Tsoy, piano
Produced by Luke Whitlock
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