Scene from: The Double Life of Franz Schubert
Composer: Franz Schubert
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This is a dramatic exploration into the life and works of Franz Schubert. Featuring excerts from many of his compositions, the central narrative occurs during Schubert's hospitalisation for syphilis, the contraction of which was both a consequence of his darker inclinations and a spur to some of his greatest work. As the doctors diagnose Schubert's symptoms, identify their cause and administer treatment, the composer conducts his own internal imaginative examination, a sometimes delirious and dreamlike evocation of the moments and music from his past life. The characters he recalls are his maverick friend and ' Svengali,' Franz von Schober, his authoritarian father, his illustrious but conformist patron Michael Vogl and his unfulfilled love Karoline Esterhazy.
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