Autumnal Echoes Mozart Clarinet Quintet and Brahms String Quartet

Join enSEmble26 for an evening of beautiful classics, Mozart Clarinet Quintet and Brahms 2nd string quartet in A minor.

Ellie and Tom will be joined by friends Dorothea Vogel (from the Allegri quartet) and Orlando Jopling to play Brahm's 2nd string Quartet in A minor.

Internationally renowned clarinettist, Sacha Rattle, will join the group for Mozart's incredible clarinet quintet.

Mozart's clarinet quintet is his only completed clarinet quintet and is one of the earliest and best-known works written especially for the instrument. It remains to this day one of the most admired of the composer's works.

Sometimes the quintet is referred to as the Stadler Quintet as Stadler was a friend to Mozart who was very talented in the instrument. Tonight we are extremely lucky to have our talented friend,  the acclaimed soloist Sacha Rattle joining us for this masterpiece.

Ellie and Sacha will also play two duets for clarinet and violin by Paul Hindemith, the pioneering 20th-century German composer.  He was a music theorist and virtuoso violist best known for developing Gebrauchsmusik (utility music), music composed specifically to appeal to the general public, rather than the intellectuals of the day.  These duos were written especially for an evening of music in the local community of Plön near Hamburg, much like an enSEmble26 concert!

This evening of music will conclude with Brahms' 2nd String Quartet in A minor.  This piece is loved for its beautiful melodies and clever compositional techniques. Brahms dedicated it to a close friend and wove a secret musical message into the notes: the letters F–A–E, which stood for "Free, but lonely." This quartet is  gentle, flowing, and song-like, with elements of light and joy interwoven throughout.  Ellie and Tom will be joined by their great friends, Dorotea Vogel and Orlando Jopling for this concert.  In 2020 they formed The Razumovsky Quartet, and, during lockdown, they performed many extraordinary concerts online to hundreds of people around the world, exploring some of the greatest works in the repertoire.  See below for a short clip of us playing this Brahms in an incredible setting in 2021.

Sacha Rattle Clarinet

Ellie Fagg Violin

Tom Norris Violin

Dorothea Vogel Viola

Orlando Jopling Cello