{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Franz Schubert","description":"Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Franz Schubert.\n\nIt’s hard to think of a composer more gregarious than Schubert, and further removed from the image of the reclusive genius, closeted away in his artistic ivory tower, creating peerless masterpieces in splendid isolation. From his days at Vienna’s Stadtkonvikt, the Imperial Catholic boarding school that offered the best general and musical education in the Austrian capital, Schubert developed a wide and supportive network of highly cultured friends, with whom he explored art, politics, religion, literature, and, of course, music; frequented the odd tavern or three; and attended convivial social gatherings in the homes of well-heeled admirers, from which developed the tradition of the ‘Schubertiad’ – informal get-togethers devoted to the performance of Schubert’s music, and above all, his songs.\n\nIn this week's episode, we’ll start by meeting Schubert’s friends, and then take a trip round Vienna in search of Schubert’s audience. Next, Donald gives us a whistle-stop tour of the jaw-droppingly productive year that’s been called Schubert’s annus mirabilis, 1815. We’ll also hear how Schubert faced the challenge of following in Beethoven’s footsteps, and about the posthumous discovery of much of his music, including many of his most-loved works.\n\nMusic featured:\n‘An die Musik’, D547\n‘Suleika I’ D720\n‘Geheimes’, D719 \nSymphony No 8 in B minor (‘Unfinished’), D759 \n‘Über Wildemann’, D884\n‘Sehnsucht’, D879\n‘Das Zügenglöcklein’, D871\nGesang (‘An Sylvia’), D891\nString Quartet in D minor, D 810 (‘Death and the Maiden’) \nMass in F, D105 (Sanctus)\nOverture in D, D590 (‘In the Italian style’)\nDer Zwillingsbrüder, D647 (No 3, Aria, ‘Der Vater mag wohl immer Kind mich nennen’)\nString Quartet in A minor, D804 (‘Rosamunde’) \nPsalm 92, D953\nPiano Trio in E flat, D929 (Op 100) \nErlkönig’, D328\nPiano Sonata in E, D157 \nMass in G, D167 (Agnus Dei)\nString Quartet in G minor, D173 \nDer vierjährige Posten, D190 \nSymphony No 3 in D, D200 \n‘Heidenröslein’, D257\n‘Gebet während der Schlacht’, D171\n‘An die Nachtigall’, D196\n‘Die Mondnacht’, D238\n‘Das Rosenband’, D280\nBeethoven: ‘Der Zufriedene’, Op 75 No 6\nSchubert: ‘Der Zufriedene’, D320\nSymphony No 4 in C minor (‘Tragic’), D417\n‘Abschied’, D957 No 7\n‘Der Atlas’, D 957 No 8\nOctet in F for clarinet, horn, bassoon, string quartet and double bass, D803 \n‘Auf dem Strom’, D943\nLiszt, after Schubert: Die Rose – Lied von Franz Schubert, S556/1\nSymphony in C, D 944 \nPiano Sonata in A, D959 \nString Quintet in C, D 956 \nStändchen, D920\n\n\nPresented by Donald Macleod\nProduced by Chris Barstow for BBC Wales\n\nFor full tracklistings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Franz Schubert https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00083n5 \n\nAnd you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z","author_name":"BBC Radio 3"}