Singer Mark Glanville and pianist Marc Verter return to the festival with a special performance, primarily of traditional Yiddish songs inspired by Schubert’s Winterreise.

Vocalist Mark Glanville and pianist Marc Verter present Yiddish Winterreise.

First performed in 2007, it is a cycle of mostly traditional Yiddish songs inspired by Schubert’s Winterreise. Described by the former German Ambassador to the Court of St James’s as ‘both a celebration and a cry of anguish’, this extraordinary song cycle reflects the mental journey of a man who has just witnessed his family’s murder by the Nazis and grew out of a need to heal the anger and pain of the Shoah through music. The terrible October pogrom in Israel and its consequences have made its journey and message feel particularly relevant and contemporary.

This event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval. 

About the speakers:

After studying Classics at Oxford University and singing at the RNCM, Mark Glanville performed as Bass soloist for Opera North, Scottish Opera, Lisbon Opera, Israeli Opera, Opera Zuid, and in concert with Yehudi Menuhin, Daniele Gatti, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, David Willcocks. His Yiddish Winterreise was performed at Kennedy Center, Leeds Lieder Festival, Purcell Room and recorded for Naxos. His memoir, The Goldberg Variations was shortlisted for the Wingate Prize for Jewish Literature.

Marc Verter is a collaborative pianist, vocal coach and repetiteur. Marc was the artistic director for over five years at the Chelsea Schubert Festival. Previous opera engagements have included Aix en Provence festival, Opera pa Skeret programme in Sweden and Dartington festival in the UK. He has performed at music festivals in Israel, North America and Europe and has played for such internationally renowned singers as Yvonne Kenny, Jonathan Lemalu, Nelly Miricioiu, Kate Royal, Sarah Walker, Mark Glanville and Israeli star soprano Chen Reiss. He is currently on the staff of the vocal department at the Guildhall School of Music. Through his doctoral studies Marc has examined the musical settings of Charles Baudelaire’s poetry and runs a salon concert series recreating the glamour of the 19th century. Marc was born and raised in Israel and returns there regularly to work and perform.