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 Playlist
Franz 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.