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Franz Schubert

Margaret Price: ‘The Shepherd on the Rock’

1972. Royal Festival Hall, London
Margaret Price sings Schubert's The Shepherd on the Rock with Erich Leinsdorf on the piano and Gervase de Peyer as clarinet obbligato.
Composer Franz Schubert
Singer Margaret Price
Instrumentalist Gervase de Peyer
Pianist Erich Leinsdorf
Genre Symphonic concert

Margaret Price sang Schubert’s Der Hirt auf den Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) as part of a concert given by the London Symphony Orchestra in March 1972. The Schubert song followed a performance of his Unfinished Symphony, which had been conducted by Erich Leinsdorf.  The conductor swapped roles to accompany on the piano and was joined by the orchestra’s Principal Clarinet at that time, Gervase de Peyer.

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)

Der Herd auf dem Helsen (The Shepherd on the Rock), D 965

This recording was taken from a relay of a concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London on 2 March 1972.

The recording is in the Saul Collection at Music Preserved.

  • Margaret Price
    Soprano
  • Erich Leinsdorf
    Piano
  • Gervase de Peyer
    Clarinet

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