Schubert in English: The Beautiful Maid of the Mill

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Wigmore Hall36 Wigmore Street, London, Greater London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Die schöne Müllerin (W. Müller), D.795 (In English translation)

Performers

Toby Spence	Tenor
Christopher Glynn	Piano

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Toby Spence’s lovelorn miller embodies new translation

Olivia Bell, 23rd October

Purists look away. Translating Müller’s poetry from its sublime German to work well in English was always going to be a difficult task, but Spence’s infectious enthusiasm carried it off.

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