The musical journey begins with an upbeat hiking song. The young miller’s step is brisk, the landscape bathed in bright colours. But the song cycle, which begins so cheerfully, leads to heartache, jealousy and, in the end, death. Nature becomes a mirror of the soul, the brook a comforting companion. Schubert’s masterpiece, composed in 1823, which transforms Wilhelm Müller’s twenty poems into psychologically finely drawn art songs, touches the audience to the core even 200 years after its composition. Sir András Schiff can be enjoyed as a Lied accompanist for the first time in Klosters. With Julian Prégardien (tenor) a singer will interpret the popular cycle who, together with Schiff, will immerse himself deeply in the Romantic period with his understanding of the text and his tonally rich voice.

Sir András Schiff, Klavier
Julian Prégardien, Tenor