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Franz Schubert's "Winterreise" (Winter Journey) in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich from February 6, 2025. Texts by Wilhelm Müller.
Joel Frederiksen – Bass / Lukas Sehr – Fortepiano (Original from Louis Dulcken, Munich 1815 on loan from the Greifenberger Institute)

Based on texts by Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827), Franz Schubert (1797-1828) completed the monumental song cycle "Die Winterreise" (Op. 89) in the fall of 1827, one year before his death. Schubert was particularly proud of these 24 songs and wrote to his friend and fellow composer Josef von Spaun: "I will sing you a cycle of haunting songs. I am eager to see what you have to say about them. They have affected me more deeply than any other songs ever have." Spaun reported: "He now sang us through the whole of 'Winterreise' with an impassioned voice. We were completely taken aback by their sombre mood." The bleakness and desolation of the landscape sung about by the traveler, who tells of happy days in a summer of love and then of lost love, the barren trees, the snow, the dogs chasing him out of the village, the crows perched in the trees, the organ grinder playing his ghostly melody in a swirl of snow, left them perplexed.

Die Post (Wilhelm Müller)
Von der Strasse her ein Posthorn klingt.
Was hat es, dass es so hoch aufspringt,
Mein Herz?

Die Post bringt keinen Brief für dich.
Was drängst du denn so wunderlich,
Mein Herz?

Nun ja, die Post kommt aus der Stadt,
Wo ich ein liebes Liebchen hatt’,
Mein Herz!

Willst wohl einmal hinüberseh'n,
Und fragen, wie es dort mag geh'n,
Mein Herz?

The Post
A posthorn sounds from the road.
Why does it leap so high,
my heart?

The post office has no letter for you.
Why so strangely anxious,
my heart?

But yes, the post comes from the town
where I once had a beloved sweetheart,
my heart!

Would you like once to take a look over there,
And ask how things might be going,
My heart?

Video and Sound: Gregory Wang
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www.joelfrederiksen.com