Schubert’s Trout Quintet

Elizabeth Alker celebrates summer music-making in the UK and beyond.

Throughout the season Classical Live features highlights from the BBC Proms, the world’s greatest classical music festival. Today, we hear from the players of the Spanish National Orchestra, whose debut Prom shone the spotlight on music inspired by their homeland. We return to the 2026 Schubertiade Schwarzenberg in Austria for a performance of Schubert’s beloved Trout Quintet from a group led by violinist Renaud Capuçon, as well as pianist Francesco Piemontesi playing Liszt. Also, every day this week, there's a Mozart String Quintet from the elegant rococo Leitheim Castle in Bavaria, with violist Violaine Despeyroux joining Quatuor Voce.

From the BBC Proms 2026:
Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso
Spanish National Orchestra
David Afkham (conductor)

Manuel de Falla
The Three-Cornered Hat (Suites 1 & 2)
Spanish National Orchestra
David Afkham (conductor)

From the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg 2026:
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major, D667, 'Trout'
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Gérard Caussé (viola)
Julia Hagen (cello)
Lorraine Campet (double bass)
Guillaume Bellom (piano)

From the First Night of the Proms 2026:
Gerald Finzi
For Saint Cecilia
Thomas Atkins (tenor)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

From the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg 2026:
Franz Liszt
Years of Pilgrimage (1st Year, Switzerland – parts 1-6)
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

From Leitheim Castle Concerts 2026:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K. 406
Quatuor Voce
Violaine Despeyroux (viola)

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