Using the 24 songs of Schubert’s original Winterreise as inspiration, Roderick Williams has handpicked English songs that reflect each individual piece in this unique musical journey. Songs include those by Vaughan Williams, Britten, Finzi, Parry, Gurney and Ina Boyle as well as more modern works by Judith Weir, Elizabeth Maconchy and Errollyn Wallen, inspired by the poetry of Shakespeare, Hardy, Blake, Tennyson, Yeats, de la Mare and Stevenson.

Please note this concert is being livestreamed and some shots will include wide angle views of the audience.

Works and composers

Vaughan Williams The Vagabond, Linden Lea, Whither Must I Wander
Roger Quilter Blow, blow thou winter wind
Madeleine Dring Weep You No More
Gerald Finzi At Middle-field Gate in February, In the Mind's Eye, The Too Short Time, In a Churchyard, Waiting Both
Frank Bridge Tears, Idle Tears
Ivor Gurney On the Downs, Lights Out, The Folly of Being Comforted
Ina Boyle A Song of Enchantment
Benjamin Britten Midnight on the Great Western
Roderick Williams The Angel
Judith Weir Written on Terresrial Things
Michael Tippett Come Unto These Yellow Sands
Elizabeth Maconchy The Wind and the Rain
Doreen Carwithen Echo
Humphrey Proctor-Gregg The Stormy Evening
Errollyn Wallen Peace on Earth