The Full Works Concert - Thursday 31 January 2013: A Schubert Spectacular

On this day in 1797, the Austrian composer Franz Schubert was born – and on this day in 1828, the composer’s popular Ave Maria was premiered in Vienna.

So, two very good excuses to celebrate the music of the man known to his friends as ‘the little mushroom’. Beginning with a performance of Ave Maria featuring Pavarotti, Jane will include his Symphony No.5, played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Riccardo Muti, his German Mass and will round off the spectacular with the Trout – all played in full.

Franz Schubert: Ave Maria
Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti
Kurt Herbert Adler conducts the National Philharmonic Orchestra

Franz Schubert: 6 German Dances
Mitsuko Uchida

Franz Schubert: Symphony No.5 in B flat major
Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Franz Schubert: German Mass
Organ: Elmar Schlotter
Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir

Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major (‘Trout’)
Schubert Ensemble