Episodes
Sean Rafferty hears about the layout of Schubert's Vienna from Sándor Békési of the Vienna Museum and Caroline Jaeger-Klein from the Vienna University of Technology and is guided round the house where Schubert was born by Peter Stuiber
Published 03/26/12
Schubert's voice emerges uniquely from song which emanates from poetry. Robert Vilain, a specialist in the German poetic tradition, examines Schubert's poetic sources from Goethe to Wilhelm Muller
Published 03/26/12
Tom Service presents the second episode of The Schubert Lab, where he aims to find out what Schubert got up to with his mates.
Published 03/26/12
Attempts to explain both Schubert's achievements and mood swings through theory, often fall short of explanation. The writer, philosopher and retired medical doctor Raymond Tallis re examines the neurological and psychological evidence of a composer who increasingly meditated on the darker side of the human psyche and human relationships
Published 03/26/12
The journey Sir George Grove made to Vienna by train was one of vision and passion. He went in pursuit of the lost works of a neglected composer, Franz Schubert, and his pilgrimage resulted in the discovery of the score of Rosamunde. Travel writer Simon Calder explores the journey of anticipation and what drove the founding editor of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians to seek out the work of a relatively unpopular composer.
Published 03/26/12
As part of Radio 3's Spirit of Schubert season, Sir John Tusa explores the many and varied ways in which the composer has been used and reinvented after his death, in politics, art and literature. Who has claimed Schubert - and why? And what are the different things that he has come to represent since his death in 1837?
Published 03/25/12
Sean Rafferty visits fifth generation coffee roaster Thomas Meinl at Julius Meinl to find out what was in Schubert's cup.
Published 03/25/12
Sean Rafferty visits Maximillan Platzer, proprietor of Café Wiemer and Eva Abi-Fadel who owns the oldest pipe shop in Europe to find out about coffee-houses and smoking in Schubert's Vienna.
Published 03/25/12
Tom Service presents the first episode of The Schubert Lab, where he aims to get to the bottom of the man and his music.
Published 03/25/12
Researcher Karin Schneider and Karl Vocelka, Head of History at Vienna University tell Sean Rafferty about the pervasive grip of the Secret Police in Schubert's Vienna.
Published 03/24/12
Sean Rafferty learns about the Congress of Vienna from Karl Vocelka, Head of History at Vienna University.
Published 03/24/12
Sean Rafferty finds out about drinking, Schubert-style, from restaurant manager Udo Kaubek and wine grower and heuriger owner, Rainer Christ.
Published 03/23/12
Sean Rafferty asks Udo Kaubek, Manager of Julius Meinl am Graben restaurant, about the sorts of things Schubert might have eaten.
Published 03/23/12