The Elias Quartet are joined by cellist Alice Neary to perform Schubert's String Quintet. Live from Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
The Elias Quartet are joined by cellist Alice Neary to perform Schubert's String Quintet.
Live from Cadogan Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Elias String Quartet
Alice Neary (cello)
Schubert's final chamber work is a piece of sublime beauty, a masterpiece of the repertoire composed only two months before the composer's death at the age of just 31. Instead of the additional viola preferred by Mozart and Beethoven in their string quintets, Schubert adds a second cello, to create a work of sonorous beauty. From its expansive opening Allegro and the fragile beauty of the Adagio to its exuberant Scherzo and good-humoured closing Allegretto, this is a work of boundless invention and charm. Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Elias String Quartet are joined by cellist Alice Neary.
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Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major (Proms 2017)
Performer: Alice Neary. Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
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- Mon 4 Sep 201713:00BBC Radio 3
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