Centre Stage: Schumann's Piano Quintet

The evening

Stravinsky at his wittiest and Schumann at his most passionate.

Robert Schumann was in love when he wrote his only Piano Quintet, and you can tell. From headlong opening to exuberant finish, this is chamber music to make the heart leap – though along with pianist John Thwaites, this team of CBSO musicians will bring out all its tenderness and poetry too. Stravinsky’s zingy miniatures will whet the palate nicely…