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Bloomsbury Players with Katherine Spencer
Part of the Conway Hall Sunday Concerts, Summer 2024 Season
Add to my Calendar 12-05-2024 18:30 12-05-2024 20:30 36 Bloomsbury Players with Katherine Spencer 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. Conway Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square
Camden
London
WC1R 4RL
England
Programme
Clara Schumann – Ich stand in dunklen Träumen, Op.13 no.1
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, Op.10
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115
Johannes Brahms – Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op.105 no.1
Performers
Katherine Spencer – clarinet
Bloomsbury Players
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Programme Note
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.
