After a third failed attempt of a national cycling record today, I found myself unable to fall asleep. Finally, at 2:30 in the morning, I came upon this video of my favorite composer, Schubert. Per wiped away my disappointment of the day with his sublime performances of Standchen, Gretchen and The EarlKoenig, as well as the G-flat Impromptu. Thank you, Per for your insight into the life of Schubert. His life puts into perspective how few of us will be remembered, as his contributions will go on for centuries and beyond...

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I love your documentary. Thanks for sharing your art and insights.

Currently learning this one, I think you highlight the humour in this really well. There's a constant sense of expectation-subversion - contrasting moods and then suddenly a completely unexpected shift in tempo. In fact, the musical ideas like the one between b.71-75 is exactly how I take it -- like a pompous aria reaching its climax!

Exellent work! So nice and mindful ! Thank you so much! We have a concert soon to play Schubert Fantasy f minor . And It was pleasure to learn some new facts about it and the composer .

Outstanding discussion, thank you

Schubert was born outside Vienna. LIchtental was a rural suburb or village outside of Vienna.

I love your playing, so this was very interesting to hear your thoughts on this well-known work.

Amazing presentation. I just became a Schubert fan. Loved the info, the context and the added beautiful playing.

The Ave Maria!

The covid lockdown was worth it for having given Tengstrand the leisure to produce this documentary. Brilliant and never a dull moment or trite comment. I love Schubert more than ever.

This is one of the most eccentric performances that I have ever heard. That said, it's also one of the most riveting performances I've ever heard. I know this piece very well and I never sit through recordings of it. But this one made the music fresh and alive. I loved it.

Moving and unusual - beautifully structured.

Tack Per för ett känsligt porträtt av Beethoven och andra som hans musik haft betydelse för. Hälsningar från Karin Hulthen i Mariestad

Wonderful

Amongst all the Trump filth and its squalid grip on our attention, I have been taking refuge in all the Schubert videos on YT. I enjoyed this very much and this guy is a really great pianist. Thank you x Franz Peter makes me cry and I don't know why.

Tack Per, särskilt för versionen av sången som inspirerade till D927 ☺️

Whome has he played the liszt sonata the 4. time?

Schubert is a miracle

Magnificent Thank you

Love love love this. Thank you so much🌹

Hello !! This is really wonderful !! Bravo. Is it possible to buy the sheet music of this version ?

LOVE the sound so potent , juicy & strong

As a singer who adores SCHUBERT I thank you from my heart and soul for this GREAT and emotional documentary!!!❤

Thousand thanks for this precious valuable lesson on Schubert. Feel so blessed and enlightening as I love Schubert works.

What is the piece in the beginning?

Thank you what a well made documentary

Bravo ,and thank you for sharing it ❤

In case you all were wondering, Mr. Tengstrad's instrument is a Shigeru Kawai grand piano.

You play his work better than anyone

After watching all your series of this documental I can only say THANKS. I cannot stop crying. This was a wonderful explanation of one of the greatest composers ever (for me the best). I wish I could watch them before, but never is too late. How you put all the separated musicians together to play,... incredible. I wish he could live for many more years, imagine what he could do if he lived a longer life. Thanks Per for the best documentary on schubert but also about the story of Music in early XIX!

I really loved all your videos about Schubert and how you are explaining every single detail not only from his personal biography but also about the historical context and the music. I strongly believe that Schubert is the most underrated composer of the History of Music, even his operas are incredibly amazing - Sakontala (the unfinished), Alfonso und Estrella... all the lieders... I remember the story about his friend in prision. I also have the think that at the end his character or personality was very special and concrete but I don´t believe that he was only a composer for small circles, since he wrote operas and big symphonies that are of course done for bigger scenarios.

outro hits hard

Franz Schubert, for me, is the greatest composer of all music. Being able to write those songs, song cycles, string pieces, last two symphonies and wonderful amount of amazing solo piano music is so unreal. He had the most natural creative ability, he wasn't as trained as Bruckner, Brahms, Mozart and Mendelssohn. He knew how to do anything, he was born to be composer of many areas of music, not just tunes.

I would give my front teeth to see this live

Wonderful documentary. And wonderful performances. Thankyou.

Excellent presentation and beautiful piano playing!

True beauty, this 3 part documentary on Franz Schubert. His music speaks for all. Congratulations, Per Tengstrand, and contributing players!

It’s actually in B flat minor 😊

13:45

The section on Caroline 19:30 deserves special mention. Very moving.

This was planned, probably written like a libretto.

It’s interesting how many composers had extensive legal training (such as Tchaikovsky).

Bravo! I note that you begin the trills in the piano trio movement on the upper note, while your colleagues do not. You are right, of course; and I wonder what arguments the three of you may have had on this little matter.

I am native from Mallorca and currently live in Dublin, thank you so much for this video, it has bred new light in my love for my home island as I will be thankfully returning in the following days.

I'm so grateful that you uploaded these videos on Schubert's life and music. I'm starting a new project with my string quartet where we provide guided mini concerts where we try to show emotions / stories using excerpts of music and Schubert's Death and The Maiden is one of our pieces. You inspired me because your work proves that understanding the context of the piece helps us appreciate it and connect to it more. That's what happened to me when I listened to yours and your wife performance at the end of part II. That's really great. Thank you and greetings from Amsterdam.

Bravo Bravo Bravo. To put together those performances from musicians far apart from each other is just unbelievable. These videos are a masterpiece. Every lover of the music of Schubert (and who isn’t?) should watch them. Thank you so much again.