Schubert's Symphony No. 7 "Unfinished" - "Classic of the Classics"

Unfinished works have their own charm. Mozart's "Requiem", Mahler's Symphony No. 10 and Bach's "Art of Fugue" are among them - and of course Schubert's "Unfinished". The composer completed two movements of this symphony in 1822, and there are sketches for a third; he then put the work aside because he was pursuing other plans. The fragment remained unfinished until his death six years later, and even after that it was 37 years before it was premièred. There was great enthusiasm for it, and still is today. And even if people are still puzzled as to why Schubert did not complete the composition: In the concert hall, it seems anything but unfinished.

Anita Leuzinger, solo violoncello, plays an excerpt for us.