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A journey to Schubert's "Death and the Maiden"

A musical sightseeing tour to Schubert's hugely imaginative 'Death and the Maiden' quartet. Along the way, music by Camille Saint-Saens, Louise Farrenc and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes us on a musical sightseeing tour to Schubert's string quartet 'Death and the Maiden', one of the outstanding achievements in Western art, and one of the most imaginative and original pieces of classical music ever composed. Along the way, our guide stops to take in the views (and the sounds) of Camille Saint-Saens, Louise Farrenc, Texas Gladden, George Gershwin and Johann Sebastian Bach.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Death and the Maiden Quartet: II Andante Con Moto

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Der Tod Und Das Mädchen.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Franz Schubert

    Trout Quintet - theme and variations

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Hwayoon Lee. Performer: Maximilian Hornung. Performer: Roman Patkoló. Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Forellenquintett (Trout Quintet).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Richardo Rognono

    Ancor che col partire

    Composer: Cipriano de Rore. Performer: Liam Byrne. Performer: James McVinnie. Performer: Valgeir Sigurðsson.
    • Concrete.
    • BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
  • Clara Schumann

    Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Schumann & Brahms.
    • Decca.
  • Michael Nyman

    In Re Don Giovanni

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.
    • Mozart 252.
    • Michael Nyman Records.
  • Judith Weir

    Variations on Sumer is Icumen In: Variation III

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • Themes & Variations: Variations by Nineteen British Composers.
    • NMC.
  • George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Performer: Gil Evans. Performer: Ted Dunbar.
    • Svengali.
    • Atlantic.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Trio no.2: II "variations concertante sur un air suisse"

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • CPO.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse Macabre

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Decca.
  • Franz Schubert

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    Composer: Franz Liszt. Performer: Evgeny Kissin.
    • Kissin Plays Liszt.
    • RCA Red Seal.
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    The Devil's Nine Questions

    Singer: Texas Gladden.
    • Ballad Legacy.
    • Rounder Records.
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    O Death

    Music Arranger: Sam Amidon. Singer: Sam Amidon.
    • All is Well.
    • Bedroom Community.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm Süsser Tod

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Bach Transcriptions.
    • Naxos.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Tod und das Mädchen

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.
    • The Very Best Of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
    • EMI Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 Mar 2025 13:30