Weeping maidens, ghoulish nuns
Sunday 24th April, the centenary of the beginning of the Easter Rising, saw Michel Stas and myself continuing our Schubert Journey in the...
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Final preparations for Sunday's Schubertreise in Jodoigne, the eight in that series. Unhappy with the turnout last time, I decided to...
Schubert and Greek mythology part one
Schubert has a certain reputation as a composer of attractive ditties such as Die Forelle or Heidenröslein, but for those who wish to...
Schubert and Greek mythology part two
"Die Götter Greichenlands", D 677/Schiller/1819. Schubert was quite often selective when it came to choosing the number of verses he...
"But how on earth do you?"
In an earlier blog I wrote about the importance of immersing oneself in the poetry before attempting to learn a song. The single most...
Not true, not true!
John Reed's mammoth 'The Schubert song companion' is a valuable addition to Schubertian scholarship: a comprehensive compendium of all...
Door closes, door opens
With Schubertreise XVIII in Bever last Sunday February 21st the halfway point of Schubertreise has been reached. Michel Stas and I can...
What Schubert performers say about his songs
This is a very interesting article in The Guardian. Suddenly I don't feel so alone! http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/04/schuber...
Irish heroes, Greek demi-gods, and sundry fraudsters
Tomorrow's programme features two mighty ballads, "Lodas Gespenst" and "Amphiaraos". "Lodas Gespenst" or "The Ghost of Loda" is a...
The week that's in it
Schubertreise XVII (imagine, almost halfway there) is approaching fast, and as usual I feel a mixture of fear and exaltation. Usually at...
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