1.   At a lecture before a recent lieder recital in Los Angeles, Graham Johnson made a case for balkanizing Schubert, after a fashion.

2.   Her famed lieder recitals were models of preparation and balance, her forays onto the opera stage perfectly suited to her temperament and geared never to strain her voice.

3.   She was pushing for the kind of variety she might bring to a lieder recital, something he discouraged in favor of a more consistently moody feel.

4.   Yet she likes lieder recitals, partly because she can see the audience and communicate with it.