Christopher Maltman and Graham Johnson ‘Myth Fable and Folksong’. A Schubertiade of probing significance and mastery. Graham illuminating the extraordinary artistry of his partner. This was a duo between equals glorifying the genius of Schubert who could delve so deeply into the human world with poetic meaning. Graham played wonderfully. Imaginative and beauty combined …..piano playing just did not apply here …….a singer who knew and lived every word without any third party. No I pad in Schubert’s day !!!!

Graham had a page turner but that used to be the norm.

And both impeccably dressed in tails for a special occasion, which is so rare these days, and to be cherished as part of the debt we owe to be able celebrate at the shrine of Schubert’s genius .

Hugo Wolf – Graham Johnson and his Song Guild at Milton Court – Barbican

The shining light of Mahler at the Wigmore Hall Alice Coote-Graham Johnson-Marta Fontanais-Simmons-Fleur Barron

Graham Johnson and the Songmakers’ Almanac

THE ROTHSTEIN SCHUBERTIADE Happy Birthday Mr Goethe with respects to Mr Schumann