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The Schubertiade
- Four Lieder recitals with Bostridge, Karg, Güra, Damrau
- Four chamber concerts: two with Cuarteto Casals, all Schubert, and two including Baiba Skride, Sol Gabetta and Bertrand Chamayou
- A piano recital with Martin Stadtfeld
- Visits to towns and art galleries in Austria and Switzerland, while leaving plenty of free time
- The lecturer is a world expert on Lieder; there will be more focus on the Lieder performances.
The combination of music-making of the highest quality with a pre-Alpine mountain setting is a heady mix. Devotees of the Schubertiade return year after year; addiction is a distinct possibility. Add a great art collection, guided walks in the hills and top up with relaxation among ravishing upland scenery and this begins to sound like the recipe for the perfect holiday.
The annual Schubertiade in the Vorarlberg, the westernmost province of Austria, is one of the most prestigious and enjoyable music festivals in Europe. It attracts artists of the highest calibre, while the rural setting and the predominance of Schubertian music create an endearing informality and intimacy.
But the festival’s success has not stifled a constant desire for change and experiment, as its periodic peregrinations demonstrate. Having started in the village of Hohenems, it migrated a few years later up the valley to the little town of Feldkirch, which in 2001 it abandoned in favour of mountain villages amidst the beautiful scenery of the Bregenzerwald. The hill village setting recently has been further refined by confining all the concerts to Schwarzenberg, described by Herder as the prettiest village in Europe.
An excellent and erudite leader, always a pleasure to be with. 
All the meals were lighter and better prepared than my previous visits to Austria. The restaurants provided good service and we always had time for a gentle walk back to the concert hall. Wonderful music, superb performers. I cannot speak too highly of our lecturer. The scope of his knowledge of, and interest in, all kinds of classical music were most impressive and his relaxed and friendly approach contributed much to my enjoyment. A really great tour which far exceeded my expectations’. Well done MRT!
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