The Vanbrugh & Friends present two popular and contrasted works from the Romantic Masters of the string quintet repertoire.
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115 arr. for string quintet
Dvo?ák String Quintet in E flat major Op.97 ‘American’
Keith Pascoe, Simon Aspell and Christopher Marwood of the Vanbrugh, are joined by violinist Marja Gaynor and violist Séamus Hickey for this very special concert of Brahms and Dvo?ák, promising a memorable performance of these masterpieces of Romantic music.
The Brahms Quintet is the composer’s own alternative, and rarely performed, version of his famous clarinet quintet, with the clarinet part being played by a solo viola. Its richly autumnal soundworld is subtly altered in this string quintet version, the more blended voices offering a transparent texture of great beauty.
Brahms was an admirer and supporter of Dvo?ák’s work and the two were close friends from 1877 until Brahms’ death in 1897. Dvo?ák wrote this E flat major quintet during his time in America 1892-1895 as Director of the National Conservatory of Music. This fruitful and inspired period also produced the New World symphony, the American string
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