Early audiences, in thrall to the peaceand prosperity that preceded theEuropean revolutions of 1848,rejected the melancholy worldview contained within Winterreise. Schubert’s late, great song cycle is nowrecognised as one of the most extraordinary creative achievements of the nineteenth century. Thecomposer told a friend how his collection of ‘spine-chilling songs… have affected me more than has beenthe case with any other of my Lieder’, a feeling shared by millions since the work’s publication in 1828.

Matthew Rose has collaborated with painter Victoria Crowe on this production in which projectedimages offer a contemplative, extended response to the words and music.