Schubert’s Trout Quintet

Schubert wrote just one piano quintet, but it did immediately become the most famous in his genre. Sadly Schubert was unable to enjoy its success himself, as the work was only published a year after his premature death. The line-up deviates from the classic combination of piano with string quartet: there is no second violin, but in the low regions the strings are reinforced by a double bass. Schubert used the melody of his song Die Forelle [The Trout] as the theme for the wonderful variations of the quintet’s fourth movement, which is therefore known as the ‘Trout Quintet’. This is an ambitious and grandly conceived composition in which Schubert displays his mastery in the field of chamber music.

Programme

Franz Schubert - Piano quintet in A major 'Trout Quintet'

Performers

Oxalys
- Was founded in 1993 by students of the Brussels conservatory
- Developed into a chamber music ensemble with an international reputation
- Starts from the repertoire from the Belle Epoque (1870-1930)
- Looks back as well as forward from there
- Plays from Haydn and Mozart to contemporary music
- Surrounds itself with excellent soloists
- Has a rich and acclaimed discography
Raoul Steffani, baritone
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, piano
- Visited already as a twelve-year-old the conservatory of his hometown Brussels
- Later studied at the Music Chapel Queen Elisabeth
- Received the third place at the Queen Elisabeth competition 1964 as a sixteen-year-old
- Worked together with multiple great orchestras, conductors and soloists around the world
- Is a skilled pedagogue and taught at the conservatory of Brussels, among other places

Practical

Concert location: D'Haenestraat 71, 9070 Heusden
Bicycle parking - available
Train station Melle - 10 min by bicycle
Train station Wetteren - 20 min by bicycle
Carpool with others to the concert via the Slinger platform
On presentation of the UiTPAS , you can buy tickets at the special rate (if you are eligible). Tickets at the special rate (20% of the ticket price) are only available at the Tickets Ghent desk and at the box office (if tickets are still available).
Seats are not numbered

This concert is not weelchair-accessible.

Do you have specific needs or require additional facilities? Please contact Fien Straetmans at toegankelijkheid@festival.be or +32 4 91 45 26 78.