A difficult night for Die Schöne Müllerin with Georg Nigl and Gérard Wyss in Vienna

By Chanda VanderHart, 21 June 2013

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Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Mozart Saal, Vienna on 17 June 2013

Schubert, Die schöne Müllerin (W. Müller), D.795

Georg Nigl, Baritone

Gérard Wyss, Piano

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.