Schubert began both a law degree and his Symphony No. 5 in the same year. In this instance at least, it was the degree rather than the music that would remain unfinished. Once he had dropped out of ...

Franz Schubert was best known in his time as a prolific songwriter; none of his symphonies were performed before his death in 1828, at the age of 31. Composed in autumn, but somehow spring-like, ...

Sarah Devonald chooses her favourite recording of Schubert Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D. 485. When he wrote his fifth symphony at the age of 19, Schubert was working unhappily as an assistant ...