Schubert & Co – Saturday May 9th 2026 at 7.30pm

Description

A group of leading international singers recreating the spirit of the “Schubertiade”.

The “Schubertiade” was a concert created during Schubert’s lifetime to gather friends together for long evenings to enjoy their favourite composer’s music. These events were very intimate,999 but very informal, often held at private houses with singers gathered around the piano and songs sung with combinations of voices. In our case, solo and ensemble works are introduced from the stage and the audience is warmly invited to chat with the performers before and after the concert. So, very informal!

Schubert is at the heart of the repertoire with several of his best-known lieder as well as one or two others by Beethoven and Rossini. In total the group will sing 26 lieder and here are one or two examples which you might like to check out .
Quell’ innocente figlio, D17ii. La Pastorella D513. Seligkeit D433. Zur guten nacht D920. Nacht und Traume D827.

The singers are absolutely top class and they’ve all sung leading roles at Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, the Proms and other major opera houses internationally. Sholto Douglas, the Schubert & Co founder is at the piano with two sopranos, Harriet Burns and Katy Thompson, two mezzo-sopranos, Katie Bray and Bethan Langford, Alessandro Fisher the tenor and Frederick Long  the bass-baritone. It would be difficult to find a higher class of singers.

Date: Saturday May 9th  2026
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: St Mary’s Church, Lamberhurst
Tickets: £35