The new performance-documentary Winter Journey is available to U.S. audiences exclusively on Marquee TV. The 90-minute film, shot on location in the Swiss Alps by filmmaker John Bridcut, follows baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu as they re-imagine Franz Schubert’s haunting and timeless song cycle Winterreise.
Benjamin Appl has recorded Winterreise twice – once for BBC TV and once for Alpha Classics. James Jolly speaks to him and his pianist James Baillieu about Schubert’s great song-cycle