Daniel Barenboim; Aldeburgh festival; L'amico Fritz – review

Wigmore Hall, London; Aldeburgh, Suffolk; Opera Holland Park, LondonIn March 1827, the young Schubert walked behind Beethoven's coffin in homage to his hero. By the end of the following year, after an outpouring of miraculous compositions, but ill, poor and critically neglected, Schubert too was dead, aged 31. These facts are well known yet still each time you hear one of these late masterpieces, you ponder afresh the darkness surrounding their creation.This gave a framework, as well as blazing...

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