Berkeley, Bliss, Brahms
10 April 2011 | ||
3:00 pm |
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
- Bridge: 3 Idylls for String Quartet
- Bliss: Clarinet Quintet
- L. Berkeley: Sextet
- Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
£19/ £17, less £1 in advance
Brahms’ clarinet quintet distills a lifetime’s work into one of his most heartfelt and poignant pieces. Arthur Bliss’ own quintet dates from the 1930s, by which time his early experimental approach had matured into a style familiar and yet utterly original.
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