The Spirit of Schubert Podcast
1) Composer of the Week: Schubert Part 2 of 2
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Franz Schubert, as part of a season of programmes devoted to the Viennese composer
2) Schubert's Vienna:18 Last Days
Sean Rafferty is taken to the ‘Sterbewohnung’, the house where Schubert spent his final days and where he composed some of his greatest works, and goes to the Zentralfriedhof where Schubert is buried.
3) Schubert's Vienna: 17 Syphilis
Sean Rafferty sees grisly evidence of Schubert’s syphilitic condition with Dr Beatrix Patzak, director of the Federal Pathology and Anatomy Museum, and hears about the symptoms, progress and treatment...Show More
4) Schubert Labs - Episode 8
In the eight and final episode of The Schubert Lab, Tom Service tries to answer the question: Is Schubert's final year an end or a begining?
5) The Schubert Essay - Episode 8 The UnRomantic death of the mercurial Schubert
Romance proved difficult for Schubert - he stood barely five feet tall, with a long oval face and a deeply cleft chin. In turning to the streets of 19th century Vienna, "a night in the arms of Venus l...Show More
The Schubert Essay - Episode 8 The UnRomantic death of the mercurial Schubert
12:09 | Mar 30th, 2012
6) Schubert's Vienna: 16 Lichtenthal Church
Sean Rafferty is guided round the Lichtenthal Church, scene of Schubert’s baptism and first public performance, by parishioner Hannah Martin.
7) Schubert Labs - Episode 7
In the seventh episode of The Schubert Lab, Tom Service tries to answer the question: Who is Schubert? Prove whether he was a composer up with the angels or bathed in slime.
8) Schubert's Vienna: 15 Hofburg and school
Sean Rafferty follows in Schubert’s schoolboy footsteps as Nora Tunkel takes him to Mass sung by the Vienna Boys’ Choir at the Hofburgkapelle, and reads Schubert’s school report with Simon Posch, dire...Show More
9) Composer of the Week Schubert 1 of 2
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Franz Schubert, as part of a season of programmes devoted to the Viennese composer
10) The Schubert Essay - Episode 7 Schubert and Performance
During the 19th century public performance became polite and professional. Audiences listened attentively in an environment free of gimmicks, and performance criticism blossomed. Night Waves' Matthew ...Show More