Winterreise: Lonely Songs for Lonely People
Schedule
Sun Dec 14 2025 at 03:30 pm to 05:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Wells Pianos | St Paul, MN
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Local award-winning art song duo poem|music will perform Winterreise (Poem: Wilhelm Müller / Music: Franz Schubert) at Wells Pianos (St. Paul) on Sunday, December 12th (3:30pm). Hang with the artists to follow the performance. Tickets are pay-as-able $0-$50, only 40 available! RSVP at [email protected]; walkups welcome. Written in 1828, Winterreise is a 70-minute song cycle that mines the depths of human suffering. The poems center on a solitary Wanderer roaming through deep winter, devastated after being deemed too poor for his betrothed. What follows is an unraveling journey through isolation and grief; a meditation on the suffering which attachment brings. As the Wanderer’s world narrows, we contemplate our own loneliness and need for belonging.
poem|music (Justin Spenner, Baritone / Carson Rose Schneider, Piano) has been noted for their “tangible, equal, and beautiful, collaborative energy” (Life in Revue). Their programs excavate and extrapolate both historic and contemporary art music/poetry for our current age of anxiety, prominently featuring composers overlooked by academia and traditional producers. December’s performance marks the poem|music’s 5th - and Spenner’s 14th- exploration of Winterreise, marking them among the most experienced interpreters of this sprawling song cycle.
If you think the world is terrifying and lonely and need to feel a place in it, poem|music invites you to gather with others who feel the same way. Winterreise provides the opportunity to reconnect with community, dump your pain into music, and to rest. Song will change the world, and we’re here for it. See you at the show!
Overview
What: Die Winterreise (Poem: Wilhelm Müller / Music: Franz Schubert)
Who: Poem|Music (Justin Spenner, Baritone / Carson Rose Schneider, Piano)
Where: Wells Pianos (408 Snelling Ave S, St Paul)
When: 3:30pm on Sunday, December 14th; hang to follow
Tickets: $0-$50+, Pay-As-Able. RSVP at justin@barispen to RSVP; Walkups welcome
More info: https://www.barispen.com/poemmusic
Inquires: [email protected]
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Where is it happening?
Wells Pianos, 408 Snelling Ave S, St Paul, MN 55105-2146, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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