Work: Piano Quintet in A major, "The Trout", D.667

Alessio Bax's inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music sets off with a spring in its step.

Some chamber concerts, like this one at Snape Maltings, can turn a public hall into a large drawing room. 

Robert and Clara were not the only two-composer family. So were Alma and Gustav. The Nash Ensemble's latest programme highlights Beethoven and the Romantics.