Tender words and shattered hearts: Roderick Williams and the Carducci Quartet perform Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin.

“When love conquers pain, a new star shines in heaven…” Die schone Müllerin is a tale of heartbreak wrung from the most tender depths of the soul, and every performance is an emotional journey. So who better, as companion and guide, than Roderick Williams – the British baritone whose sunlit voice and irrepressible communicative gift have made him one of the 21^st century’s best loved singers? For Williams, Schubert’s songs are miniature worlds of colour and expression, and tonight, unusually, he’s joined by the Carducci Quartet – adding a revelatory new dimension to this landmark of Romantic song in Williams’ own string version.