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Reluctant Schoolmaster

Donald Macleod focuses on Franz Schubert at the age of 18, when he was a reluctant schoolmaster working for his father.

Donald Macleod explores the work of Franz Schubert, focusing on five distinct phases in the composer’s life. And afterlife.

We start in 1815, the year in which Schubert turned 18 and was a reluctant schoolmaster still living under his father’s roof. Although he was in many ways unhappy and constrained by his circumstances, he was still prodigiously prolific.

Erlkonig
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Andreas Haefliger, piano

Sonatina for violin and piano No 2 in A minor
Gidon Kremer, violin
Oleg Maisenberg, piano

Quartet No 9 in G minor
Melos Quartet

6 Ecossaises
Michael Endres, piano

Symphony No 5 in B flat
B’Rock Orchestra
Rene Jacobs, conductor

Erlkonig (adapt for cello & orch)
Brussels Philharmonic
Mathieu Herzog, conductor
Camille Thomas, cello

59 minutes

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Mon 20 Nov 2023 12:00

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  • Franz Schubert

    Erlkonig

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger. Singer: Matthias Goerne.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC902141.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonatina No 2 in A minor

    Performer: Gidon Kremer.
    • Deutche Grammophon : E4698372.
    • Deutche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No 9 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Melos Quartett.
    • Deutche Grammophon : 4631512.
    • Deutche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Franz Schubert

    Six Ecossaises

    Performer: Michael Endres.
    • CAPRICCIO : C-7125.
    • CAPRICCIO.
    • 11.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major (1st - 3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • PENTATONE : 5186-856.
    • Pentatone.
    • 5.
  • Franz Schubert

    Erlkonig (for Cello and Orchestra)

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Mathieu Herzog.
    • Deutche Grammophon : 483 8564.
    • Deutche Grammophon.
    • 17.

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