• BBC Radio 3

    Broadcast
    Robert Plane (clarinet)

    From the Bowhouse in St Monan’s, the Elias Quartet and friends perform Schubert’s Octet in F. It was written in Schubert’s late twenties and is similar to some of his other chamber music Schubert weaves in themes from his songs.

    Schubert: Octet in F, D.803

    Elias Quartet
    Philip Nelson, bass
    Robert Plane, clarinet
    Robin O’Neill, Bassoon,
    Alec Frank-Gemmill, Horn

    Presented by Tom Redmond
    Produced by Laura Metcalfe