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Classics Explained: SCHUBERT - Piano Quintet in A Major, 'Trout'

An exploration of Schubert's Trout Quinter by Jeremy Siepmann

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Classics Explained: SCHUBERT - Piano Quintet in A Major, 'Trout'

Classics Explained: SCHUBERT - Piano Quintet in A Major, 'Trout'

An exploration of Schubert's Trout Quinter by Jeremy Siepmann

Jeremy Siepmann (reader)

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Schubert: An Introduction to … SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet "Trout"
Work length2:23:23
Introduction, origins
Track length1:39
Imagery, analogy and the shape of the things to come; the opening flourish
Track length1:50
The unusual presence of the double-bass
Track length00:54
A palette of tone colours and the emergence of a theme
Track length00:47
Trouble getting off the ground, but the key is not in doubt.
Track length00:49
Jumping the queue: Schubert takes a lesson from Mozart.
Track length1:33
Mozart demonstrates a traditional transition.
Track length00:33
Destination clarified
Track length00:07
Mozart confirms our arrival.
Track length00:08
A Schubertian shocker from a later work
Track length00:52
Rejoining the 'Trout', with a reminder
Track length00:27
The piano joins the strings with yet a third variant of the theme.
Track length00:31
A rhythmic motto: the 'triplet motif'
Track length1:26
We get it here.
Track length00:17
We get it there.
Track length00:17
We find it everywhere, even in the double-bass.
Track length00:27
The strings' answer to the piano's opening flourish
Track length00:36
The two-part structure of the 'answering motif'...
Track length00:24
...but scarcely ever the same way twice
Track length00:34
The piano and strings now share the material for the first time.
Track length00:42
Conversation as the first principle of chamber music
Track length00:43
Opening (introductory) section heard complete
Track length1:01
The violin and double-bass in partnership
Track length1:16
The violin and piano swap roles.
Track length00:59
Transition to second main theme; triplets now everywhere
Track length1:12
On the threshold of the new theme
Track length00:30
Second main theme (a 'love duet'), shared by cello and viola
Track length1:24
The abandonment of octaves in the piano changes the tone colour.
Track length1:07
A surprising change of tone and a premonition
Track length00:39
A return to lyricism, but the cello jumps the gun
Track length00:37
A buoyant, skipping new theme is given to the solo piano.
Track length00:36
Re-entry of the strings as the violin takes up the new theme
Track length00:25
A transitional theme, and another Schubertian key-jump
Track length1:33
We sense the imminent arrival of the closing theme.
Track length1:31
A sudden, hushed key-change introduces part two of the closing theme.
Track length00:40
The exposition comes to an end.
Track length00:32
Cue to complete exposition
Track length00:06
Music: exposition complete
Track length4:09
Introduction to the development; the genetic code of 'key'
Track length7:20
The contrasting aural properties of piano and violin
Track length1:03
The ponderous double-bass is featured in the first main theme
Track length00:49
The strings are liberated from servitude, but are a long way from home.
Track length00:42
A joyful conversation and a change of pace in the piano
Track length1:06
The piano takes the melodic lead again.
Track length00:31
A conversation between violin and piano leads to the exposition...
Track length1:20
...but Schubert gets it 'wrong'.
Track length1:35
Music: first movement (complete)
Track length9:09
Introduction to second movement
Track length1:53
The violin now takes theme one.
Track length00:29
The piano regains the theme.
Track length00:42
The violin and piano round off first section with the new 'closing' theme.
Track length00:35
A major change of tone: a passing cloud and a dark new key
Track length1:19
The piano abandons its octaves, but not its triplets, in the new 'Hungarian' theme.
Track length1:28
The sun returns with a new theme, in two contrasting parts.
Track length1:21
An evaporating dialogue between violin and piano
Track length00:58
A major mood change as twilight falls
Track length1:12
Cue to whole movement
Track length00:33
Music: second movement (complete)
Track length7:30
Introduction to the Scherzo - and a clear four-bar phrase...
Track length1:37
...'answered' by two two-bar phrases
Track length00:21
A disconcerting 'echo'
Track length1:02
Expectation, frustration and surprise
Track length00:27
The phrase length exands from nine to fourteen bars
Track length00:36
The beginning of the second half...
Track length1:07
...or should it go from G minor to D major?
Track length00:08
Doubts are sown as the tonality becomes elusive.
Track length00:48
A varied reprise of part one, and the end of the Scherzo proper
Track length00:33
A conversational start to the Trio section
Track length00:40
Another Schubertian phrase extension
Track length00:25
Two overlapping phrases add up to a single theme.
Track length00:22
The piano adds a third phrase to the overlap.
Track length00:32
The overlaps continue as the key drifts downwads
Track length00:36
Another Schubertian key-jump, now to B flat
Track length00:45
A dramatic transformation of mood
Track length00:52
Awakening from a dream: the main theme's return
Track length00:51
Cue to complete Scherzo
Track length00:11
Music: third movement (complete)
Track length3:52
Enter the trout, at last; a meeting with the original
Track length00:30
Music: 'Die Forelle'
Track length1:59
Back to the Quintet: the strings, headed by the violin, introduce the theme.
Track length1:24
The first variation
Track length1:41
The second variation
Track length1:14
The third variation
Track length1:20
The fourth variation, part one
Track length1:33
The fourth variation, part two
Track length00:57
The fifth variation
Track length2:45
The final variation, part one: violin and piano alone introduce the theme
Track length00:31
The final variation, part two: the cello takes the tune.
Track length00:25
The final variation, part three: piano and violin return as a duo...
Track length00:25
The final variation, part four: ...as do the viola and cello.
Track length00:17
The final variation, part five: the entire ensemble is reunited.
Track length00:39
Music: fourth movement (complete)
Track length7:09
Introduction to the finale: Schubert as wizard of repetition
Track length2:17
Easily overlooked: the accompaniment from cello and double-bass
Track length00:36
Contrasts of timbre and register
Track length00:59
A repetition, and yet not a repetition
Track length00:07
A journey begun; the phenomenon of musical gravity
Track length00:22
The journey completed
Track length00:16
The source of musical gravity
Track length00:22
Music: saint-saens - The Carnival of the Animals 'The Pianists'
Track length00:28
A scale of shifting tensions
Track length00:49
Music: Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 (Finale)
Track length00:37
Back to Schubert
Track length00:39
The piano embellishes a scalewise descent.
Track length00:18
A retrospective moment
Track length00:33
Repetition more apparent then real
Track length1:02
A taste of phrase rhythm
Track length1:26
Shifting patterns of accentuation
Track length00:27
The section reviewed
Track length00:15
An increasingly sophisticated texture as parts interact
Track length00:46
More phrase rhythm
Track length00:29
A repetition from the strings...
Track length00:11
...and an answer from the piano
Track length00:13
In transition to the secondary key
Track length00:51
The origin of the second theme
Track length00:19
The second main theme
Track length00:38
The closing section begins, with a question answered.
Track length00:42
The question repeated, a slightly differnet answer
Track length00:28
First theme of closing section reviewed
Track length00:59
Remembrance of things past
Track length00:28
The piano and strings argue over the harmony.
Track length1:13
Emergence of the final theme
Track length00:24
An unexpected thunderstorm
Track length00:51
The sound of silence
Track length1:29
Cue to complete Finale
Track length1:00
Music: Finale (Complete)
Track length6:47
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