With my interpretation of Winterreise, I hope to present listeners
with a new view of Schubert’s Lied cycle. For me, Winter-reise is not primarily a story of farewell and the longing for death. I see it much more as the wrathful flight of a man, who – beset by the realities of class differences – must leave the one he loves. He fails in the face of social tensions; the rich girl is unattainable for him...