Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major is linked to death in a way few pieces of music are. The early 19th century Austrian composer was prolific enough to have a large body of work yet died quite ...

Franz Schubert never heard his Quintet in C; he composed it in September of 1828. On November 19, he died. He would have been pleased by last night’s performance in Meyerhoff Hall on the next-to-last ...

Fitting Schubert's heavenly string ­quintet and the final two quartets, all substantial works, on to just two discs is quite a feat, but the price to be paid is that the G major quartet is awkwardly ...

Elegance, beauty and irrepressible good humour: music from the pen of a 22 year-old prodigy — inspired by the tragi-comic death of a fish! Schubert’s "Trout" Quintet is one of the best loved of all ...

A delightful drawing, made by one of Schubert’s friends, captures the cosy ambience of the musical evenings they shared in Vienna. It is an intimate gathering, with the composer at the piano and 30 or ...

Experience the beauty of the Central Park and Schubert's Cello Quintet! The program will feature Franz Schubert's masterpiece The Cello Quintet - a staple of chamber music which features lush romantic ...

With a programme of Schubert, Chausson and Weir, the chamber group stuck to the formula that has proved so successful for them The Schubert Ensemble have been plying their trade for 35 years, the last ...

Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Trout" Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Hwayoon Lee (viola), Maximilian Hornung (cello), Roman Patkoló (double bass) Franz ...

Coming in at No 3 behind Beethoven’s Choral Symphony and Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto, Schubert’s C major String Quintet of 1828 has long been a favourite on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, ...

Beethoven String Trio in G major, Op. 9, No. 1 Dohnányi Serenade Schubert Quintet for Piano and Strings in A major, D. 667, ‘The Trout’ Well known musicians from the San Francisco Symphony, San Jose ...

Time stands still in Schubert’s String Quintet. Abstracted, other-worldly, this is music with its eyes on some distant horizon, its surface stillness made tangible by the Quatuor Ebène and cellist ...