Ian Bostridge, tenor and Julius Drake, piano

Tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Julius Drake’s musical partnership has endured for more than a quarter-century. “We work with the greatest music of all time, and that keeps our musical relationship lively and exciting,” explains Drake. For their first PCMS recital since 2012, the duo delves deeply into three sets of songs by Robert Schumann: repertoire that is perfectly matched to the English tenor’s gifts. “Bostridge makes you think anew about the music in hand, interpreting all these songs as much through the mind of the poet as that of the composer” ( Gramophone ).