Mark Padmore | Jonathan Biss

A summit meeting of two song giants: the prince of song Franz Schubert and the piano poet Robert Schumann declared the 19th century the ‘century of art song’ with their countless miniatures and vocal gems.

Their songs, lasting only a few moments, are mini-dramas and gripping short stories: a soul-searching exploration of human emotions. They tell of love, longing or the mystical solemnity of a moonlit night. In the English tenor Mark Padmore, who is also a deeply moving narrator as the Evangelist in Bach's Passions, they find an almost ideal interpreter. At the piano, his trusted song partner Jonathan Biss listens to every subtle nuance of expression in these precious song treasures.