When Austrian Composer Franz Peter Schubert died in 1828, it was at the house of his favorite brother, Ferdinand. Affectionate, sociable, improvident, Franz Peter found his life, liberty and pursuit ...
On Nov. 19, 1828, Franz Schubert died. He was one of 14 children of a schoolmaster and a cook. He himself had tried to be a schoolmaster but teaching tormented him and instead he scribbled music. When ...
In Paris, “L’Autre Voyage” assembles the composer’s arias and art songs to create a jukebox show, perhaps the greatest opera Schubert never wrote. Franz Schubert in a drawing from around 1820. When he ...
When it came to deciding who would play the high parts and low parts in their four-handed piano performance of Schubert’s famed Fantasy in F Minor, Garrick Ohlsson weighed in with an argument that ...
Alice Sara Ott’s account of John Field Nocturnes, a tribute to Glenn Gould and a program of songs by Schubert and Kurtag are among the highlights. Maurizio Pollini didn’t think his farewell on disc ...
The host of Now Hear This and Mexico City Philharmonic music director shares noteworthy selection by revered composer Franz Schubert. Listen along to all of these at on our playlist here. What is your ...
With pianist Jiayan Sun’s masterful cycle of Beethoven piano sonatas still ringing in their ears, hearts, and minds, music lovers will be delighted to learn that Sun is embarking on a similar ...
LENOX - Poetic in one passage. Playful or passionate in another. Schubert's music covers a wide range. And like Mozart, both Austrian composers created an incredible amount of music during their sadly ...