Boesch brings his provocative, highly dramatic account to The Queen’s Hall with regular collaborator, eminent Lieder pianist Malcolm Martineau, who joins the baritone in a radical rethinking of the work.

Through an outpouring of dramatic songs, Die schöne Müllerin tells the story of a young man who falls in love with a miller's beautiful daughter, only to be rejected and supplanted in her affections, then to consider taking his own life. It’s generally considered the quintessential Romantic song cycle of unrequited love, but Boesch’s seething performance transforms the work into an uncompromising dissection of male vulnerability.

Florian Boesch is considered one of today’s most gripping, dramatic singers, truly inhabiting the songs he performs, and unflinchingly exploring emotional extremes.

This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3

Boesch has the ability to inhabit everything he sings.

The Guardian