Awarded the Cooper Prize for non-fiction for his book, Schubert’s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession, English tenor Ian Bostridge brings the receipts for this recital of Schubert’s engrossing song cycle. His credentials as an artist and biographer lend a depth and breadth of insight and understanding to these gloriously brooding settings of 24 poems that evoke facets of love and loss. “There can be few singers, indeed, who have explored this material with as much diligence as he has brought to it” (The Guardian).
Ian Bostridge’s international recital career takes him to the foremost concert halls of Europe, Japan and North America. His many recordings have won all the major international record prizes and been nominated for fifteen Grammys. He was awarded a CBE in the 2004 New Year’s Honours. In 2016 he was awarded The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize for non-fiction writing for his latest book, Schubert’s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession.
Wenwen Du is one of Canada’s most accomplished young pianists. Du has given piano recitals on three continents, Europe, North America, and Asia. Du has given recitals with tenor Ian Bostridge in many cities including Daegu, Shanghai, New York City, Atlanta, Vancouver BC. Their performances received critical acclaim. “Du and Bostridge are not just on the same page, they anticipate each other’s every nuance in perfect synchronization.” (Vancouver Sun) The duo was “superb [in their] devastating concert” of music of World War I. (New York Times)