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27 March 2022

Winter Journey: Schubert’s

Winterreise on film

by The Cross-Eyed Pianist

I finally got round the watching

John Bridcut’s film
of Winterreise, with baritone
Benjamin Appl and pianist
James Baillieu. I’m a great

admirer of Bridcut’s films, in
particular those about
Benjamin Britten, and this new

film of Winterreise is
immensely appealing in both
setting and, of course, the

music. It’s filmed in
Switzerland, in and around the
extraordinarily striking Julier

Tower, a remarkable modern
theatre constructed of wood
and glass whose stark, blood-
red walls contrast sharply with the snow-covered landscape in which it