March 2021 Update:

Schubert Club is excited to announce that cancelled concerts by 2020-21 Featured Artists David Finckel, cello, and Wu Han, piano, have been rescheduled as outdoor concerts in June of 2021 at Schell’s Stage at the Schilling Amphitheater on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.

These concerts will focus on the chamber music of Franz Schubert, written at various stages of his all-too-short life of 31 years. In keeping with David and Wu Han’s commitment to future generations of chamber musicians, all of their programs will feature amazing and talented chamber music friends with whom they have played at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Music@Menlo, and other venues around the world.

CONCERT SCHEDULE

All concerts begin at 7:00 pm.
Rain dates will be announced closer to the performance dates.

Thu, Jun 3: Featuring the “Trout” Quintet – SOLD OUT
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano; Rebecca Albers, cello; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Kristen Bruya, bass; Paul Appleby, tenor
Program
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in Bb
Schubert: Songs to be announced
Schubert: Quintet in A Major “Trout”

Sat, Jun 5: “Winterreise”
Wu Han, piano; Paul Appleby, tenor
Program:
Schubert: “Winterreise” Song Cycle

Sun, Jun 6: Featuring the “Wanderer” Fantasy for Piano – SOLD OUT
Wu Han, piano; Clara Osowski, mezzo-soprano; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Juho Pohjonen, piano.
Program:
Schubert: Fantasie in F minor for Piano, Four Hands
Schubert: Songs
Der Wanderer
Gondelfahrer
Abendstern
Schubert: Fantasy in C Major for Piano, D. 760, op. 15, Wanderer
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Schubert: Songs
Dass sie hier gewesen
Sei mir gegrüsst
Auflosung
Schubert: Fantasy in C Major for Violin and Piano

Tue, Jun 8: Schubert, Paganini and Beethoven – SOLD OUT
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano; Paul Huang, violin; Benjamin Beilman, viola
Program:
Beethoven: Piano Trio opus 1, # 1
Schubert: String Trio in B-flat Major
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Paganini: sonata #6 in e minor Opus 3 #6
                 Cantabile in D major
                 Variation on “Preghiera” from Rossini’s Moses
Schubert: Rondo Brillant  in b minor D. 895

Thu, Jun 10: Featuring “Death and the Maiden” Quartet – SOLD OUT
Wu Han, piano; Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone; Calidore String Quartet
Program:
Schubert: Quartettsatz in c minor
Schubert: Two Impromptus from Four Impromptus for Piano
Schubert: Songs including:
       Der Doppelgänger from Schwanengesan,
       Die Taubenpost from Schwanengesang
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Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen
Schubert: String Quartet in D minor “Death and the Maiden”

SOCIAL DISTANCE SEATING LAYOUT

In order to maintain social distancing, we will be assigning seats prior to arrival at the venue. Assignments will be made in the order of purchase as well as depending on size of household. According to Minnesota State Guidelines as of March, 15 2021 – we are required to have a capacity of 125 people for the Schell Stage’s 250 seat capacity. This 125 seat capacity limit includes all required staff and musicians in attendance.

PRICING:

RED Seating: $25 per ticket
BLUE Table Seating: $30 per table (up to 5 people from one household allowed to sit at one table)
Wheelchair accessible seats are available.

HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS:

Due to COVID-19, seating for these concerts will be limited. Tickets will go on sale on March 29 at 10:00am only to previous ticket holders for any cancelled or postponed David Finckel and Wu Han concert during the 2020-21 season. Subject to availability, tickets will go on sale to the public on Tuesday, April 6.

Ticket purchasing will be available by calling the box office ONLY (no online sales). The Schubert Club Box Office is open Monday – Friday 8:30-4:30 at 651-292-3268. We anticipate a high volume of calls, so please leave a message if we are on the other line, and we will be calling people back in the order calls were received.

“[Finckel and Wu Han] generously share their joy of making music with every audience they perform for, and the knowledge and research they put into programming concerts makes every performance a revelation.” Barry Kempton, Executive and Artistic Director

“Franz Schubert, during his brief 31-year life, lived very much in a world of his own. Being in the music capital of the world, Vienna, did not connect him professionally to that city’s music industry. Instead, his fame spread slowly, for some seventy years after his death, through word-of-mouth, discovered masterpieces, and the advocacy of great composers who recognized his genius. We are thrilled to create, for the Schubert Club, an immersion into this beloved composer’s most intimate world, through his essential chamber music paired with his incomparable songs, and we eagerly await the arrival in St. Paul of an extraordinary cast of performers and educators who will bring this dream to vivid life.” – Wu Han and David Finckel

Upcoming Events › Schubert Revealed

June 2021

SOLD OUT – Schubert Revealed: David Finckel, Wu Han & Friends featuring Benjamin Beilman, Rebecca Albers, Kristen Bruya & Paul Appleby

Schubert Revealed

Thursday, June 3, 7:00 pm

Schell’s Stage at Schilling Amphitheater,

Schubert Club’s 2020-21 Featured Artists, cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han, were scheduled to perform several concerts featuring the chamber music of Franz Schubert as part of their residency…

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