Fauré was in his mid-seventies when he beganwork on his Second Piano Quintet. The workreconnects with the energy and brio of its veterancomposer’s youth, recalled against the backgroundof the debilitating distractions of Fauré’s deafness.

The Schubert Ensemble opens its recital with hisAndante in B flat for violin and piano and Schumann’sPiano Quartet Op. 47, a great landmark of thechamber music repertoire.