Martha joins pianist Graham Johnson, Baritone Armand Rabot and tenor Hugo Brady in the uniquely insightful annual lecture series, delving into Schubert’s life 200 years on. As Graham Johnson writes:

ʻ1823 and 1824 were years dominated by Schubert’s illness. In 1825 there had been a once-in-a-lifetime holiday amidst the awe-inspiring scenery of Upper Austria. 1827 was to be the year of Winterreise; Beethoven had died in March, after which Schubert could at last acknowledge to himself that he was the greatest living musician in Vienna, even if he would never have dreamt of saying so. And in 1828, after composing glorious music for the first eight months of the year, Schubert was to fall silent at the age of just 31.
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