Schubert’s “Winterreise” (Winter Journey) is a song cycle that tells the cold, sad tale of a lonely traveler who ventures into the snow on a journey to rid himself of his lost love. Don’t expect a ...

The art song is a musical genre that really got its start in the early nineteenth century. One of the true pioneers of the form was the composer Franz Schubert, who used memorable tunes, clever piano ...

Like Frederick Douglass, Franz Schubert is an example of somebody who is getting recognized more and more these days, so much so that I was compelled to write about him recently in the magazine—a ...

TICKETS: $29–$39. Visit www.rockportmusic.org or call 978-546-7391. Not every winter’s journey involves a jolly man magically delivering toys the world over. Schubert’s riveting “Winterreise,” the ...

In a new staging by Netia Jones, Hans Zender’s “composed interpretation” of Schubert’s “Winterreise” burnishes its source material. This little song from Ludwig Tieck’s 1797 artistic fairy-tale “Der ...

-- When Franz Schubert played and sang for his friends what would be one of his last works, "Winterreise" (Winter Journey), they were "dumbfounded" by the song cycle's emotional bleakness. But the ...

Thomas Meglioranza first heard Franz Schubert’s Winterreise, a cycle of 24 songs, when he was 18. “That got me hooked on singing classical music,” said award-winning baritone Meglioranza, who earned a ...

Franz Schubert’s song cycle Die Winterreise is a stunning musical journey through the bitter winter landscape of the human heart. Composed for voice and piano, this masterpiece explores themes of love ...

As snowstorms hit the country today, All Things Considered revisits a vivid story that choreographer and dancer Bill T. Jones shared about one winter song. It originally aired Dec. 13, 2011.

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 ...