Baritone Conor Biggs and pianist Michel Stas continue their epic multi-annual journey through the complete songs of Franz Schubert.

Conor Biggs, bass
Michel Stas, piano

Der Sänger, D 149 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Lodas Gespenst, D 150 James Macpherson
Auf einen Kirchhof, D 151 Franz von Schlechta
Minona, D 152 Friedrich Anton Franz Bertrand
Das Bild, D 155 Anon.
Die Erwartung, D 159 Friedrich von Schiller
Sängers Morgenlied, D 163 (1. Bearbeitung) Theodor Körner
Sängers Morgenlied, D 165 (2. Bearbeitung) Theodor Körner
Amphiaraos, D 166 Theodor Körner

For their twentieth outing in the complete songs of Schubert series (Schubertreise), Conor Biggs and Michel Stas present a programme dominated by the drawing-room opera style of writing so prevalent in Schubert’s output: pride of place falls to Lodas Gespenst, a Wagnerian canvas incorporating elements of celtic mythology, while another epic song, ‘Minona’, continues the celtic theme. There are also lengthy settings of poetry by Schiller and Körner, including the two contrasting versions of Sängers Morgenlied.