Florian Just (baritone) and Jan-Paul Grijpink (piano)

Winter trip

If during the journey you feel that Der Wegweiser the song is from where no return is possible, then Der Leiermann the end. But when you get to Mut real conviction, then the possibilities are open again to arrive somewhere else. There is no ultimate interpretation, not from a singer of just twenty and not from someone who at seventy can still touch you deeply with his Winterreise. All that matters is that you really go through that journey and take the audience through all the subtle nuances and make them feel, that they too have gone through this journey.

Florian Just sings the cycle in German and just as sweetly in Dutch. He says: ‘Frederik Menning has made a masterful translation. As a German-speaking musician, I recognise all the nuances, which I need for my interpretation. One or the other has to get used to, but in the process also opens up new possibilities and gives a new perspective on this cycle that is so familiar to me. Sometimes it even goes so far that the translation only makes me realise that different, even opposite interpretations of important phrases are possible. A fantastic challenge for me and an exceptional experience for the Dutch-speaking audience.’

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