Schubert’s Winterreise with Ian Bostridge & Saskia Giorgini

This event is part of the Schubert’s Song Cycles with Ian Bostridge & Saskia Giorgini

SCHUBERT Winterreise

Set to poems by Wilhelm Müller, Schubert’s Winterreise describes a sombre winterscape that underlines the bleak journey of a young wanderer suffering from lost love and loneliness. Composed of 24 songs, Winterreise reflects the composer’s desolation and struggle toward the final months of his short life.

“In preparing to sing Schubert’s great depiction of a winter journey, I’ve drawn on Beckett’s sardonic humour as well as Bob Dylan’s guttural rasp,” writes Ian Bostridge. With his interpretation of Schubert’s Winterreise, the renowned lieder singer will fill Hong Kong’s mild winter with an expressive chill!

Ian Bostridge, tenor
Saskia Giogini, piano

(In English)

Moderator: Prof. Daniel Chua, Chairperson, Department of Music, HKU
24 JAN 2019 | THU | 7PM
Rehearsal Room, LG1/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, HKU

FREE via online registration

$280 single concert
$400 both concerts – see details of Die schöne Müllerin

• Tickets at URBTIX starting 27 Nov
• HKU Discounts: Students $50 | Staff 15% off (Valid HKU student / staff card required upon purchase at URBTIX outlets and entry to venue)
• Be a MUSE members 10% off
• Full-time students, citizens aged 60 or above & people with disabilities 50% off
• Discounts cannot be combined

LATECOMERS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED and will miss the entire performance as a result – please plan to arrive early!

• For ages 8+
• Approximately 70 minutes without intermission
• Guests are advised to arrive punctually.
• Programmes and artists are subject to change.
• LATECOMERS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED and will miss the entire performance as a result – please plan to arrive early!