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Episode #178 - Lieder and Opera Singer Ian Bostridge

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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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