Stephen Hough
chooses The Hurdy Gurdy Man by Franz Schubert
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Classical pianist, composer and writer |
Gramophone Award winning recordings include the complete Rachmaninov and Saint-Saens piano concertos. Soloist at the 2013 First Night of the Proms.
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The Hurdy Gurdy Man by Franz Schubert
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Stephen Hough chooses the The Hurdy Gurdy Man (Der Leiermann), the final song from Franz Schubert's 1828 song-cycle Winterreise (Winter's Journey).
He tells Mark Lawson why an unusual recording by the Irish baritone Harry Plunket Greene (1865 - 1936)聽is his favourite.
From the Archive
Schubert's Interior Life
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Donald Macleod explores Schubert's turbulent emotional state during the writing of Winterreise.
Britten and Pears
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Composer Benjamin Britten and聽tenor Peter Pears perform聽Der Leiermann by Schubert.
Broadcast on the 成人快手 06 Mar 1962
Thomas Hampson
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The American baritone Thomas Hampson explores the meaning of Schubert's Winterreise.
Mark Padmore
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Tenor Mark Padmore聽discusses聽Schubert's Hurdy Gurdy Man.
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Listen to Harry Plunket Greene鈥檚 1934 recording of The Hurdy Gurdy Man by Schubert