Winterreise – Sydney Schubert Society Independent Theatre, North Sydney 20 August 2017 Written by Deen Hamaker Franz Schubert’s Winterreise is one of the pinnacles of the lieder repertoire. It tells of a lonely person’s journey into a bleak winter landscape of snow, ice and bare trees. The 24 songs that make up the cycle explore…
The Sydney Schubert Society presents baritone Barry Ryan OAM and pianist Jeanell Carrigan performing Schubert’s immortal song cycle Winterreise (D911) one of the great Romantic masterpieces and a profound reflection of human fate. , Completed in the autumn of 1827, Winterreise left the composer in a state of exhaustion. According to reports, Schubert had been gravely ill for a long…
The Sydney Schubert Society presents its first concert for 2014. Entitled Schubert’s Kapellmeister, the Sydney Schubert Ensemble directed by Goetz Richter will perform the Septet Eflat major op 62 by Conradin Kreutzer and the Octet in F major D 803 by Franz Schubert. The Octet in F major written in 1824 is considered to be one of Schubert’s greatest works. The companion…