A Circle, an interdisciplinary collaboration hub, will present the world premiere of “postWinterreise” at the Tanglewood Linde Center on April 25, 2026.

The showcase, presented by the Tanglewood Learning Institute, is a fragmentation of Schubert’s “Winterreise” performed within a sculptural installation of melting ice, flowing water, and resonant objects. Bass Andrew Munn and pianist Elenora Pertz navigate a score that was physically eroded by melting ice, with the amount of musical material removed determined by data documenting the retreat of Austria’s Hallstätter Glacier from 1840 to 2024. The project traces two hundred years of environmental history since Schubert’s composition, intertwining the song cycle’s familiar narrative of lost love in winter with a meditation on climate change and ecological loss.

Live electronics are handled by Jared Redmond and Nova Krause, with video design by Daniele Lucchini. Pianist and artistic researcher Marlene Heiß contributes to the musical and conceptual development of the work alongside interdisciplinary artist Kat Austen, who integrates art, science, and philosophy into the project’s ecological framework. Artist Margherita Pevere, known for her work with living matter and biotechnology, oversaw neck piece research and aesthetic consultation. RR Sigel serves as creative producer.

The Tanglewood premiere is preceded by a symposium on art and ecology on April 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. European and Asian presentations follow at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, Belgium and the Shanghai Concert Hall’s DigiMuse Festival.

Munn, whose recent operatic credits include Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Salzburger Landestheater and Shostakovich’s Suite on Verses by Michelangelo at the Hungarian State Opera, developed the project through residencies at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Berlin Gärtnerhaus, and Feral Note Studios. His work on ecological themes draws on nearly a decade of community organizing against mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia.