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Concert Program VII: Schubert

Aug 8 2026 | Aug 8 2026

Summary

Music@Menlo’s 2015 festival was a three-week immersion in the music and life of Franz Schubert, inspired by the intimate Schubertiades—late-night gatherings devoted entirely to his music—that surrounded the composer during his short life. The final program of this summer’s festival presents two monumental works that reveal Schubert stepping into Beethoven’s shadow, and emerging with a voice entirely his own. 

Schubert’s Second Piano Trio, completed one year before his death, is a direct descendant of Beethoven’s final trio, the Archduke of 1812. Since then, no trio on such a grand scale had been attempted. Framed by outer movements of enormous dimension and sensations of timelessness, the inner movements offer two quintessential Schubert vignettes: a depiction of the Romantic-era wanderer trudging through snow in vain, and a delightful Viennese waltz.

Program

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

Piano Trio no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 100, D. 929 (1827)

Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

Octet in F major for Winds and Strings, op. posth. 166, D. 803 (1824)

Artists

Wu Han
Wu Han

Piano

Benjamin Beilman
Benjamin Beilman

Violin

Paul Huang
Paul Huang

Violin

Arnaud Sussmann
Arnaud Sussmann

Violin

James Thompson
James Thompson

Viola

David Finckel
David Finckel

Cello

Sihao He
Sihao He

Cello

Nina Bernat
Nina Bernat

Bass

Sebastian Manz
Sebastian Manz

Clarinet

Peter Kolkay
Peter Kolkay

Bassoon

Radovan Vlatković
Radovan Vlatković

Horn

Event Details & Booking

Aug 8 20264:00 PM
Venue: Spieker Center
Price: Full Price: $25.00 - $90.00 Under 30: $25.00
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Aug 8 20264:00 PM
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