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Bloomsbury Players with Katherine Spencer

Part of the Conway Hall Sunday Concerts, Summer 2024

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/YYYY

Details

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.

Bloomsbury Players with Katherine Spencer

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