The clarinet quintets by Mozart and Brahms have become two of the most celebrated chamber works of all time. The Bloomsbury Players and esteemed clarinettist Katherine Spencer perform these works on period instruments, exploring the different possibilities in texture, sound and phrasing, and bringing a fresh approach to these glorious classics. They complete this programme with two arrangements by Bill Thorp of poetic songs by Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms.

~ Katherine Spencer (clarinet) and the Bloomsbury Players - Sijie Chen & Will McGahon (violins), John Crockatt (viola), Orlando Jopling (‘cello) ~

Join us in the Portrait Gallery of the Foundling Museum in Bloomsbury, with its fine Georgian interior. Tickets include free after-hours entry to the museum from one hour prior to the concert. The Foundling Museum tells the story of the UK’s first children’s charity, and houses the UK’s oldest public art gallery

Tickets: £38/28/10 in advance. Vermeer Season Pass available

Duration: approx. 1 hr 45 mins (including a short interval)

Programme

Clara Schumann, arr. Bill Thorp - Ich stand in dunklen Träumen, op.13 no.1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581

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Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in b minor, op.115

Johannes Brahms, arr. Bill Thorp - Wie Melodien zieht es mir, op.105 no.1