David Webb / Reviews

The bleak isolation and lonely angst felt in Schubert’s Winterreise is only too appropriate for a lockdown January. However, one positive to shine from this gloom is tenor David Webb’s own "Winter Journey". The bleak isolation and lonely angst felt in Schubert’s Winterreise is only too appropriate for a lockdown January. However, one positive to shine from this gloom is tenor David Webb’s own "Winter Journey". Cycling around his home in London every day since "Blue Monday" – 18 January, supposedly the most depressing day of the year – Webb has clocked up 500 miles and is raising money for both MINDS and Music Minds Matters, to help pay for at least two people to have counselling and therapy for a year. This concert – streamed live from the Wigmore Hall on Friday – celebrates the culmination of Webb’s journey...Webb’s rich, lustrous voice was beautifully suited to the stillness of "Der Lindenbaum" ("The linden tree") and he leant a chilling darkness to "Die Krähe" ("The crow"). His performance of "Der Wegweiser" ("The signpost") was particularly moving, perfectly portaying the wanderer’s forlornness.