Programme

Face-à-F ce:
Schubert

Moderated Concert
Salle de Musique de Chambre
Sun
Graham Johnson speaking to the audience.
©: Eric Engel

What you’ll hear and see

The music

  • Franz Schubert «Der Einsame» D 800 «Die junge Nonne» D 828 «Auf der Bruck» D 853 «Totengräbers Heimwehe» D 842 «Ellens Gesang I» D 837 «Ellens Gesang II» D 838 «Ellens Gesang III» D 839 «Die Allmacht» D 852 «Das Heimweh» D 851 «Im Frühling» D 882 «Der liebliche Stern» D 861 «Lied des Florio» D 857 N° 2 «Lied der Delphine» D 857 N° 1 «An Silvia» D 891 «Fischerweise» D 881

The artists

  • Martha Guth soprano
  • Sebastian Hill tenor
  • Armand Rabot baritone
  • Graham Johnson piano, Commentary

album

Do great composers sometimes seem a bit distant, or even intimidating?

The «Face-à-face» series gives you the chance to get a little closer to them through a concert… and a concept: one Sunday, one hour, one chapter in the life of a composer told in music! This time, British pianist Graham Johnson will introduce you to Franz Schubert. This humble and sensitive soul flew through the 19th century like a shooting star, but despite his short life, he still had time to revolutionise music history. His speciality? Marrying notes and letters. In other words, composing sublime melodies from the most beautiful poems of his time…