Joyless and friendless
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 G眉ra, tenor
Konrad Jarnot, bass
Christoph Berner, fortepiano
Der Sieg, D 805
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Eric Schneider, piano
Producer: Amy Wheel for 大象传媒 Wales
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Franz Schubert
Sonata in C major, D.812 (Scherzo)
Performer: Peter Noke. Performer: Helen Krizos.- HYPERION : CDA 66217.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet No 13 in A minor (Rosamunde), D804
Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.- Schubert: Death and the Maiden.
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Franz Schubert
Gebet, D.815
Performer: Christoph Berner. Singer: Marlis Petersen. Singer: Anke Vondung. Singer: Werner G眉ra. Singer: Konrad Jarnot.- Schubert: Licht und Liebe.
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Franz Schubert
Der Sieg, D.805
Performer: Eric Schneider. Singer: Matthias Goerne.- Schubert Lieder Volume 2: An Mein Herz.
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Broadcasts
- Thu 11 Jan 2018 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3
- Thu 13 Dec 2018 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3
- Thu 2 Apr 2020 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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