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Tenor Ian Bostridge examines Schubert's enigmatic masterpiece Winterreise, or Winter's Journey; considered one of classical music's most powerful compositions.
Award-winning tenor Ian Bostridge explores Franz Schubert's enigmatic masterpiece Winterreise, or Winter's Journey. Composed in 1827, this powerful song-cycle for voice and piano uses twenty-four poems by Wilhem Muller and is considered one of classical music's most powerful compositions.
Drawing upon his experience as a performer (he has performed Winterreise more than a hundred times), on his musical knowledge and on his training as a scholar, Bostridge unpicks the enigmas and subtle meanings behind the songs to explore the world Schubert inhabited.
Ian Bostridge is recognised as one of the greatest Lieder interpreters today. He has made numerous award-winning recordings of opera and song, and gives recitals throughout Europe, North America and the Far East. He was the original Caliban in Thomas Ades's The Tempest, and played Aschenbach in the landmark 2007 production of Britten's Death in Venice at ENO. He will be Humanitas Professor of Classical Music at the University of Oxford in 2014-15.
Read by Ian Bostridge
Written by Ian Bostridge
Abridged by Laurence Wareing
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Ian Bostridge |
| Author | Ian Bostridge |
| Abridger | Laurence Wareing |
| Producer | Kirsteen Cameron |
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