Our friend and colleague Roderick Williams from the St. Endellion Festival in Cornwall UK sang a recital of mostly obscure Schubert lieder. His performance was moving, especially of the most famous Schubert piece on the program, "An die Musik". Music has the ability to move the listener and performer and to transport one into another place, if only temporarily. It was nice to be reminded of that.
The wide range of styles between these Schubert songs was amazing. Some were written around 1815; others in the 1820s. Some were simple strophic songs - repetitive and predictable. Others were more through-composed. Surprisingly to me there were recitative parts too.
Any chance I have to hear Roddy sing is a gift. He will not join us at the festival this year. I am glad I got to hear him once this summer.
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