Bostridge/Wybrew review – special Schumann singing

Mansion House, London
The singer’s German diction was immaculate, and together with pianist Sebastian Wybrew he vividly illuminated three lesser-known Schumann cycles The programme that Ian Bostridge had devised for his City of London festival recital with pianist Sebastian Wybrew was entirely devoted to Schumann. The three groups of songs in it, and the encores that came after them, were all composed in 1840, the year in which Schumann was finally able to marry Clara Wieck. He celebrated his