Artists
- Ailish Tynansoprano
- Kitty Whatelymezzo-soprano
- Benjamin Huletttenor
- James Plattbass
- Graham Johnsonpiano
Archived Event
Hector’s moving farewell to his wife andson precedes the bloody battles recounted byHomer in The Iliad. Schiller transposed the sceneto the eve of the Trojan hero’s ill-fated duel withAchilles in his ‘Hektors Abschied’, the dramaticmoment enhanced by the noble dignity ofSchubert’s setting.