Schubert’s Die Forelle: how a classical music piece changes over time

Classical music is often wrongly considered to be unaffected by political and social change. Exploring Franz Schubert’s ‘Die Forelle’, Laura Tunbridge FBA considers the cultural history of a song and the importance of a piece of music changing over time – both in sound and meaning.  Speaker: Professor Laura Tunbridge FBA, Professor of Music, University of Oxford This podcast is for informative and educational purposes.Music included in this podcast: 02:28 - 'Die Forelle', performed as part of the Oxford International Song Festival www.oxfordsong.org by Irish soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Iain Burnside. Translation © Richard Wigmore, author of Schubert: The Complete Song Texts (Schirmer Books), provided via Oxford International Song Festival (www.oxfordsong.org). 07:12 - Schubert: Die Forelle, D. 550 (Orch. Britten) (Live), Anne Sofie von Otter, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe & Claudio Abbado, from ‘Schubert: Orchestrated Songs’. 08:35 - "DIE Forelle!" from Arrangements and Derangements: Interpretations of Schubert (Arr. Michael Ching), performed by the ARK Trio: Allison Charney, soprano, Kajsa William-Olsson, cello, Reiko Uchida, piano. 10:09 - “Die Forelle” music by Franz Schubert, arranged by The Erlkings, English translation by Bryan Benner.  10-Minute Talks are a series of pre-recorded talks from Fellows of the British Academy screened each Friday on YouTube and also available on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/10-minute-talks/id1530020476     Find out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/    For future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/    Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/p/6P7Q-5PO/newsletter 

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