Facets of loneliness: Probably no other composer has put the feeling of being a stranger, of not feeling at home, or of not being accepted into music as poignantly and movingly as Franz Schubert in his song cycle Die Winterreise. The painful state of the protagonist’s soul, reflected in the image of winter with its relentless cold, its unyielding ice and its chilling winds, is expressed in every note. The Swedish baritone Peter Mattei and his accompanist David Fray turn the songs of the cycle into little operatic scenes full of intensity and emotion.

Program

Franz Schubert
Winterreise D 911