Artists
- Ian Bostridgetenor
- Lars Vogtpiano
- Date
- Wed 10 May 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- Schwanengesang D957
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98
Overview
Beethoven established the song cycle as a seriousgenre with the creation of An die ferne Geliebtein 1816.
Ian Bostridge and Lars Vogt present thework’s diverse reflections on love in company withthe dramatic contrasts of Schubert’s settings ofpoems by Heine, Rellstab and Seidl, complete withthe composer’s final song, written a month beforehis death in November 1828.