Solitude with Schubert is a 30 minute documentary by Matilda Hay and Rachel Clara Reed. It follows internationally acclaimed pianist, George Xiaoyuan Fu, as he navigates the loss of his father through Franz Schubert’s late music.
 

Seeking to extend this exploration beyond himself, he connects with a bereavement group from the St Elizabeth Hospice in Ipswich and performs an intimate recital for them – revealing how music can offer connection, catharsis, and a source of comfort in times of grief. He then collaborates with renowned mezzo-soprano, Lotte Betts-Dean, to record an album of this music, reflecting on how it will always be imbued with a sense of his father.

It’s an intimate portrait of how art can help us find meaning in loss, and how the echoes of those we have loved and lost stay with us, and ultimately live through us.