On this episode, a complete performance of Franz Schubert’s so-called “two-cello” string quintet – the String Quintet in C Major, D. 956. It’s a piece so sublime that pianist Artur Rubinstein called the second movement “the arrival at the gates of heaven.” We’ll hear three different ensembles bring Schubert’s final work to life, all before capacity houses on Heifetz stages.
This Episode’s PlaylistFranz Schubert: Impromptu in E-flat, D. 899 Lynne Mackey, piano Heifetz Institute Recording | 11.06.2020
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: I. Allegro ma non troppo Borromeo Quartet: Nicholas Kitchen, violin | Kristopher Tong, violin | Mai Motobuchi, viola | Yeesun Kim, cello w/ Ralph Kirshbaum, cello First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 08.09.2019
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: II. Adagio Yezu Woo, violin | Yeri Roh, violin | Sung Jin Lee, viola | Mo Mo, cello | Zi Wang, cello Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.22.2015
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: III. Scherzo. Presto – Trio. Andante sostenuto Mark Kaplan, violin | Nicholas Kitchen, violin | Matt Cohen, viola | Ralph Kirshbaum, cello | Timothy Eddy, cello Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.28.2017
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: IV. Allegretto Borromeo Quartet: Nicholas Kitchen, violin | Kristopher Tong, violin | Mai Motobuchi, viola | Yeesun Kim, cello w/ Ralph Kirshbaum, cello First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 08.09.2019
Go Deeper- Watch the complete livestream of this performance from our Heifetz Rubato Virtual Concert series here.
- The legendary Artur Rubinstein discusses Schubert’s quintet, among other things. View here
- Violinist Arnold Steinhardt of the Guarneri Quartet has some fascinating insight’s on Schubert’s quintet in this essay called “A Heavenly Length.” Read it here.
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