Winterreise
The Winterreise cycle by Franz Sculbert (lyrics by Wilhelm Müller) is a chamber version for wind quintet, accordion and voice adapted by Normand Forget.
Winterreise is inspired by the “Schubertiades” evenings, when Schubert would play the piano for his friends, poets, singers, musicians or painters. A long romantic poem, Winterreise conveys powerful emotions through its sentimental themes: nature, affliction, grief, fate and love. Music reaches summits in colours, while lyrics tend to contemplative narration.
On a cold winter evening, satisfied with good food and wine, guests are carried away by the entrancing sound of the accordion, joined by the flute, the oboe, the bassoon, the horn. Then the singer joins in… The journey begins.