A finale with two masterpieces. Who doesn't know and love Schubert's only piano quintet with its famous variation movement on the "capricious trout"? The song's cheerful tone imbues the entire quintet with an aura of carefree musical joy, to which its bright, luminous sound also contributes. In stark contrast, this is preceded by Brahms's long-matured, final piano quartet, which reflects deep biographical conflicts. It is among the most impressive chamber music of the Romantic era. When he sent the final version to his publisher, Brahms once jokingly suggested that the edition of the score should include a picture of the composer "in a Werther costume"—an allusion to Goethe's despairing suicide victim, as well as a reflection on the lingering effects of his more than 20-year-long turmoil in his love triangle with Clara and Robert Schumann.

Trout Quintet

Hessischer Rundfunk

This season, members of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt) will present two masterpieces of chamber music at the Theater Altes Hallenbad in Friedberg. Who doesn't know and love Schubert's only piano quintet, with its famous variation movement on the "capricious trout"? The song's cheerful tone imbues the entire quintet with an aura of unbridled musical joy, to which its bright, luminous sound also contributes. In stark contrast, the program begins with Brahms's long-matured, final piano quartet, which reflects profound biographical conflicts. It is among the most impressive chamber music of the Romantic era.

Theater Altes Hallenbad

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt) regularly performs its chamber music concerts at the Homberg (Efze) town hall. This time, musicians from within the orchestra will present a captivating quintet program featuring works by Antonín Dvořák. The two chamber music pieces to be experienced are brimming with the musical tradition and inexhaustible spirit of the Czech metropolis on the Vltava River. One is delightfully light in tone and lyrical, inviting the listener to sing along; the other is rich in melodic invention, lush sound, masterful form, and late-Romantic pathos.

Ioan Cristian Braica

Events

Past events

Jun 7, 2026

Trout Quintet · Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mar 14, 2026

Trout Quintet · Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Double Bass in Piano Quintet No. 2 by Dvořák

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Double Bass in Trout Quintet by Schubert

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Double Bass in String Quintet No. 2 by Dvořák

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Double Bass in Piano Quartet No. 3 by Brahms

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

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