Music
Lunch Time Concert - January (The Preston Ensemble)
DATE
Thu 29 Jan 2026
VENUE
Woodville Auditorium
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Programme:
Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major
1. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Adagio
3. Scherzo. Presto – Trio. Andante sostenuto
4. Allegretto
Franz Schubert's final chamber work, the String Quintet in C major (D.
956, Op. posth. 163) is sometimes called the "Cello Quintet" because it is
scored for a standard string quartet plus an extra cello instead of the extra
viola which is more usual in conventional string quintets.
The piece was composed in 1828 and completed just two months before
the composer's death. The first public performance of the piece did not
occur until 1850, and publication occurred three years later in 1853.
Schubert's only full-fledged string quintet, it has been said to possess
"bottomless pathos", and is generally regarded as Schubert's finest
chamber work as well as one of the greatest compositions in all chamber
music.
The Preston Ensemble, Antony Dennant & Joanna MacKenzie Violin, Sara
Thorpe Viola, and Rachel Waltham Cello are joined for this performance
of Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major by & Sophie Shackleton on 2nd
Cello. They are all Performers having graduated from the London
Conservatoires and they formed as a group in 2016. The Preston Ensemble
have to date performed Dvorak, Schumann, Brahms, Amy Beach and
Elgar Piano Quintets.
