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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.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 31 Dec 2019 02:45

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Ian Bostridge
Author Ian Bostridge
Abridger Laurence Wareing
Producer Kirsteen Cameron

Broadcasts

  • Mon 29 Dec 2014 09:45
  • Tue 30 Dec 2014 00:30
  • Mon 1 Feb 2016 14:45
  • Tue 2 Feb 2016 02:45
  • Mon 30 Dec 2019 14:45
  • Tue 31 Dec 2019 02:45

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