Matthias Goerne, Baritone
Daniil Trifonov, Piano
Performers
Matthias Goerne, Baritone
Daniil Trifonov, Piano
Program
SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately one hour with no intermission. Please note that there will be no late seating.Listen to Selected Works
At a Glance
In the poetry of Wilhelm Müller, Schubert found the ideal source for his songwriting. This concert presents the first fruits of this affiliation: the sublime song cycle Die schöne Müllerin of 1823. Beware of thinking that the cycle is simply a pretty, pastoral love story with an unhappy ending. Schubert intended it to be much more than that: an almost mythical expression of the Romantic idea that true love cannot be realized on earth, but can only find its consummation in death. Wagner would later embrace this theme in Tristan und Isolde, but here, Schubert embodies it with music of more modest dimensions but at least equal profundity.