Trout Quintet

At last! The piece I have been waiting for all week. A pleasant romp through Schubert's "Trout" Quintet. Although I have played this many times, it still has potential to catch me out in places. And it's remarkably evocative - I find it very hard to play without remembering the times I played it with my grandmother taking the piano part. Music & Memory - I'm sure there's research potential here.

We coupled this with the Mme Farrenc's second quintet for the same combination (Piano, violin, viola, cello, bass). Like other works of hers that I have sampled, this is eminently playable without too much to worry the bass player.

Dvorak Quintet

Played the Dvorak quintet (string quartet + double bass) this morning - and am doing it again this evening (hopefully more successfully this time).

There are some tricky passages to look at here - more details later.

To add to the fun, there's a mistake in the double bass part - 1st movement, 10 bars before the final "Piu mosso", the first three quavers should be triplets. This problem is in both the editions I've looked at today. Oops. You have been warned.