Details
Southwark Cathedral
London Bridge
Southwark
London
SE1 9DA
England
Programme
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor, Op.15
Franz Schubert – Piano Quintet in A major 'The Trout', D.667
Performers
London Concertante
Programme Note
For the third event in this new series of chamber music concerts in Southwark Cathedral, join London Concertante for two magnificent 19th century works from France and Germany. Fauré’s Piano Quartet was written during the break-off of his engagement to Marianne Viardot, and the work portrays both the heartbreak and fond memories of happier times in the relationship. Schubert’s beguiling and bewitching quintet was commissioned by a friend after he heard Schubert’s song Die Forelle (The Trout). He was asked to write a piece featuring the song’s theme, and Schubert duly obliged, adding an extra movement for good measure!