Franz Schubert, declared the English musicologist George Grove in 1883 in fervently Romantic tones, only had to “read the poem, and the appropriate tune, married to immortal verse (a marriage, in his case, truly made in heaven), rushed into his mind, and to the end of his pen.” In a creative life spanning less than 20 years, Schubert wrote over 600 songs—a musical treasure trove that is as diverse as it is inexhaustible. The Pierre Boulez Saal’s Schubert Week, curated by Thomas Hampson, once again unites a group of veteran and up-and-coming artists to explore a selection of these works, together with compositions by Schubert’s contemporaries.

In this first Young Singers concert, Jeeyoung Lim and Frederic Jost, former scholars of the Lied Academy of the Heidelberger Frühling Liedzentrum and previously heard at the Pierre Boulez Saal during past Schubert Weeks, perform selected song by Franz Schubert, including the composer's original first 12 settings of Winterreise. We thank the artists for stepping in on short notice.

Both Zhuohan Sun and Liviu Holender unfortunately had to cancel their appearence in this concert due to illness.

In Cooperation with the Lied Academy of Heidelberger Frühling Liedzentrum and the Hampsong Foundation