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Radio 3,17 Sep 2026,59 mins

SeriesFranz Schubert - The Final Years

The Final Years - 1827

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Kate Molleson journeys through the last five years of Franz Schubert’s life, with a focus today on the composer’s penultimate year. This was a period when Schubert still hoped to make a name for himself as a composer not only for the stage but also as Beethoven’s successor in the realms of symphonic music. Impromptu No 3 in G flat, D.899 Barry Douglas, piano Winterreise, D. 911 (Gute Nacht) Roderick Williams, baritone Christopher Glynn, piano Ständchen, D. 920 Martha Hart, mezzo-soprano Robert Shaw Chamber Singers Norman Mackenzie, piano Robert Shaw, conductor Symphony No 9 in C. D. 944 ‘The Great’ (Finale. Allegro vivace) Swedish Chamber Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Fantasie in F minor, D. 940 Pavel Kolesnikov, piano Samson Tsoy, piano Produced by Luke Whitlock

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Impromptu No.3 in G flat, D.899
    Impromptu No.3 in G flat, D.899
    Franz Schubert
  3. 2.
    Winterreise, D.911 (No.1, Gute Nacht)
    Winterreise, D.911 (No.1, Gute Nacht)
    Franz Schubert
  4. 3.
    Standchen, D.920
    Standchen, D.920
    Franz Schubert
  5. 4.
    Symphony No.9 in C major 'The Great' D.944 (4th mvt)
    Symphony No.9 in C major 'The Great' D.944 (4th mvt)
    Franz Schubert
  6. 5.
    Fantasie in F minor, D.940
    Fantasie in F minor, D.940
    Franz Schubert