Schubert 1797 - 1828

As a relief from all the angst about Pure maths and Topology which seems to be getting quite a few of us down. Radio 3 has decided to spend the whole of this week playing continuous Schubert.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/

 Schubert is amongst my favourite composers. Some years ago I wrote this little biography and I share it with my friends


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16049029/Schubert_bio_cdf.pdf

For those who don't know Schubert then you don't know what you've been missing. I would recommend starting with the last 3 piano sonatas preferably played by Alfred Brendel.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schubert-Piano-Works-Franz/dp/B00000417C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332792862&sr=8-1

The last quartets and String quintet by the Lindsay quartet

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schubert-Late-String-Quartets-Quintet/dp/B0001Z2RSW/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1332792942&sr=1-1

Finally the three great song cycles with Fischer Dieskau and Gerald Moore.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=Fischer+Dieskau+schubert+song+cycles+

Anyway I hope you enjoy exploring Schubert as much as I have. Take the opportunity to listen to Radio 3 this week especially the main evening concerts. I've just finished hearing a performance by Paul Lewis, one of Alfred Brendel's pupil's of the two A major sonata's.

It's quite surprising just how quickly time flies I can't believe it's almost 10 years since I wrote the short biography. Hopefully it wont be another 10 years before I write another one.