Michael Parloff: Lecture on Schubert’s Winterreise

Michael Parloff provides insight into the music and background of Franz Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise. Filmed live in the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio on February 24, 2015. Video produced by Trent Casey and Melissa Muscato. Chapters: Introduction to Winterreise: 0:00 Gute Nacht (Good Night): 12:03 Der Lindenbaum (The Lindenbaum): 23:27 Die Greise Kopf (The Gray Head): 32:59 Im Dorfe (In the Village): 38:33 Der Nebensonnen (The Three Suns): 43:49 Der Leiermann (The Hurdy Gurdy Man): 47:46 CMS is grateful to Sony Classical Recordings for the use of excerpts from the recording of Winterreise by baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber. Michael Parloff would also like to acknowledge the following authors and sources: Ian Bostridge: Schubert’s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Schubert - a Biographical Study of his Songs Thomas Hampson and Carla Verdino-Süllsold: Transcending the Self: A Program Note to Winterreise Graham Johnson: Notes and Commentaries from his Hyperion Recording with Matthias Goerne Brian Newbould: Schubert - The Man and the Music Susan Youens: Retracing a Winter’s Journey: Schubert’s Winterreise