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The Romantic Clarinet Quintet
Conway Hall Sunday Concerts
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The Bloomsbury Players explore the romantic chamber repertoire on gut strings with a historically informed perspective. For their Conway Hall debut they are joined by clarinettist Katherine Spencer in a programme of much loved alongside lesser-known works. The UK premiere of Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet in 1892 cast a long shadow. The audience included the composer Sir Charles Villers Stanford who challenged his pupils at the Royal College of Music to write a clarinet quintet, with the winner being Samuel Taylor-Coleridge whose quintet premiered in 1895. Alongside these two major works there will be the opportunity to hear chamber arrangements of two beautiful songs by renowned musician and arranger, Bill Thorp.
Clara Schumann | Arr. Bill Thorp: Ich stand in dunklen Träumen Op.13/1
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Op.10
Brahms | Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115
Brahms | Arr. Bill Thorp: Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op.105/1
Katherine Spencer • clarinet
Sijie Chen • violin
Will McGahon • violin
John Crockatt • viola
Orlando Jopling • cello
- Sun 12 May 2024
- Conway Hall, London
- 6:30pm
- £15 - 6 (concessions), under 26 free
Location
Conway Hall, London
49a London, WC1X 8, United Kingdom