The Songmakers' Guild Iconic: Winterreise

STELLENBOSCH

Franz Schubert's Winterreise on poems by Wilhelm Müller

With

William Berger, Baritone

Esthea Kruger, Piano

The Songmakers’ Guild is thrilled to launch Iconic, a new concert series banner celebrating masterpieces that have helped shape the art song repertoire. Henceforth, one concert in the Guild’s yearly calendar will be dedicated to such iconic works, performed by some of South Africa's finest artists.

The series begins with Franz Schubert's timeless setting of Wilhelm Müller’s Winterreise, one of the unquestionable turning points in the history of art song.

Across its 24 songs, an ailing Schubert confronts his own impending death through the perspective of Müller’s wanderer - a desolate and deeply moving account of love, loss, and the search for life’s elusive meaning. Its unapologetic bleakness and haunting emotional rawness has captivated listeners ever since its inception.

Acclaimed baritone William Berger and the Guild’s former artistic director, pianist Esthea Kruger, join their remarkable creative forces to bring this powerful work to life in what promises to be an unmissable highlight in the Guild’s concert series.

Included in ticket price:

• Full programme with translations
• A glass of La Motte wine