Prom 7: Schubert 鈥撀燬tring Quintet

19 Jul 2011, Royal Albert Hall

22:00 Tue 19 Jul 2011 Next Event

Proms 2011 Prom 7: Schubert 鈥撀燬tring Quintet

22:00 Tue 19 Jul 2011 Royal Albert Hall

The first of 2011鈥檚 Late Night Proms focuses on Schubert鈥檚 stirring String Quintet performed by the Valentin Erben and the Belcea Quartet.

Programme

- - Franz Schubert
  - String Quintet in C major(47 mins)

Performers

Belcea Quartet
Valentin Erben
cello
cello

Composers

Franz Schubert

About this event

Dating from the last months of Schubert's life, the String Quintet operates on the loftiest plane yet goes straight to the heart.

It is a piece the Belcea Quartet has toured and recorded to great acclaim alongside Valentin Erben, longtime cellist with the Alban Berg Quartet. Corina Belcea-Fisher, first violinist of the Belcea, comments: 'It is a great challenge to capture all the varied emotions of the piece, emotions that can switch from one second to the next. It has been a great privilege for us to explore this work with Valentin, to be able to draw from his resources and his knowledge.'

The ethereal elements of the famous slow movement should chime especially well with the relaxed but raptly attentive atmosphere of a Late Night Prom.

There will be no interval