THE 20-year-old Franz Schubert was once asked how it was possible for him to have composed so much music at his age.

THIS was the question asked of Francis Humphrys, the artistic director of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, by the French horn virtuoso, Herve Joulain.

In one week, 109 works from the past six centuries will be performed at chamber music festival, says Declan Townsend