Romantic Tours de Force: Before the fireworks on Blackheath at All Saints Church, London on Saturday 3rd November 2018

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Romantic Tours de Force

Before the fireworks on Blackheath

Part of the Blackheath International Chamber Music Festival 2018

Add to my Calendar 03-11-2018 17:00 03-11-2018 19:00 36 Romantic Tours de Force The fathers of both Carl Maria von Weber and Clara Schumann (née Wieck) sought to raise child prodigies. Both children composed and published or performed their works from a very young age, not yet even in their teens, and went on to lead mature international careers which went well beyond the prodigy label. From the age of sixteen, Weber worked at opera houses in cities across the continent, as well as touring extensively with leading virtuosos of his day, most importantly with the clarinettist Heinrich Baermann. Weber died whilst on a work trip to The Royal Opera in London. Clara Wieck-Schumann’s first international tour as a virtuoso pianist began aged eleven, and she gave her last public concert over six decades later. One of the most influential pianists, chamber musicians and teachers of the Romantic period, her piano trio is her best-known work as a composer, an area of her activity frequently shadowed by financial and family concerns: married, with eight children, to the composer Robert Schumann, she was the main breadwinner in the household. A close contemporary of Mozart, Franz Anton Hoffmeister is now best remembered as one of the most significant music publishers of his day, publishing the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, J. S. Bach and many others. However, he also was a prolific and successful composer in his own right, writing both large-scale works and chamber music. Many of his compositions feature the flute in a leading role. All Saints Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

All Saints Church
All Saints Drive
Blackheath
London
SE3 0TY
England

Saturday 3rd November 2018
5:00 PM

Programme

Franz Anton Hoffmeister – Flute Quartet in C minor, Op.16 no.2
Clara Schumann – Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17
~ Interval ~
Carl Maria von Weber – Clarinet Quintet, Op.34

Performers

Darko Brlek – clarinet
Lana Trotovsek – Violin
Boris Bizjak – flute
Maria Canyigueral – piano
Yuka Matsumoto – Violin
Tetsuumi Nagata – viola
Sebastien Hurtaud – Cello

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Programme Note

The fathers of both Carl Maria von Weber and Clara Schumann (née Wieck) sought to raise child prodigies. Both children composed and published or performed their works from a very young age, not yet even in their teens, and went on to lead mature international careers which went well beyond the prodigy label. From the age of sixteen, Weber worked at opera houses in cities across the continent, as well as touring extensively with leading virtuosos of his day, most importantly with the clarinettist Heinrich Baermann. Weber died whilst on a work trip to The Royal Opera in London. Clara Wieck-Schumann’s first international tour as a virtuoso pianist began aged eleven, and she gave her last public concert over six decades later. One of the most influential pianists, chamber musicians and teachers of the Romantic period, her piano trio is her best-known work as a composer, an area of her activity frequently shadowed by financial and family concerns: married, with eight children, to the composer Robert Schumann, she was the main breadwinner in the household. A close contemporary of Mozart, Franz Anton Hoffmeister is now best remembered as one of the most significant music publishers of his day, publishing the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, J. S. Bach and many others. However, he also was a prolific and successful composer in his own right, writing both large-scale works and chamber music. Many of his compositions feature the flute in a leading role.

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