The works of youth are oft praised for the timing of their emergence, not for their mastery or profundity. This concert elevates two early works by composers who did indeed achieve true mastery in youth. Mozart’s Viola Quintet in B-flat major, written when the wunderkind was only 17, exhibits both the brightness and levity of youth with a sense of innovation, character, and cheek that only a sure-handed composer could pull off. Likewise, Schubert’s famous Trout Quintet was written when the composer was 22, which seems a tender age until we realize that Schubert had already at this point composed a substantial body of songs, of which the namesake Trout was one. In the quintet, Schubert combines a light outlook with compositional mastery to form one of the endearing masterpieces of the chamber music canon.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Viola Quintet in B-flat major, K. 174
Aizuri Quartet
Wayne Lee, viola

INTERMISSION

Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout”
Jasmine Lin, violin
Wayne Lee, viola
Clancy Newman, cello
Scott Pingel, bass
Juliana Han, piano

$32 general, $16 student, $82 season pass
General seating. Box office opens 1 hour before the concert; the house opens 30 minutes before the concert.