About the Performance
Among the world's foremost lyric tenors, Christoph Prégardien joins fortepianist Andreas Staier to perform a concert of songs by Chopin, Schubert, Schumann and a selection of rarely performed gems by Norbert Burgmüller.
'stops you in your tracks right away, and won't let you get back to your life until well after silence returns... captures every nuance both in text and music.' The Toronto Star
'extraordinarily flawless singing... such a complete experience that the temptation was to take away and treasure, untainted, its spellbinding effect.' The Scotsman
This event will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concerts programme at 1:00pm, 3 September 2009. The programme will then be available for streaming and download for one week at bbc.co.uk/iplayer.
