We talk with Ian Bostridge, Kirk's second-favorite lieder singer, about life in lockdown, and about Schubert's Winterreise, the song cycle that Bostridge is best known for, through his many performances, recordings, films, and a book he wrote about it.

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Guest:

Ian Bostridge

Show notes:

Lieder (Wikipedia)
Ian Bostridge – a life in music (Guardian)
Ravel: Chansons madécasses
Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession
Michel Pastoreau: Blue: The History of a Color
Ian Bostridge: Why Winterreise? Schubert’s song cycle, then and now (video, 2014)
Ian Bostridge and Jeremy Denk on Winterreise: Anatomy of an Obsession (video, 2015)
Witchcraft and its Transformations, c.1650-c.1750

Our next tracks:

Ian Bostridge: Winterreise (video, 2016)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Alfred Brendel (video, 1979)- Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters

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