Contrasts

Mozart –  Piano concerto in A major, K 414
Bartok –  “Contrasts” for violin, clarinet and piano
Brahms – Clarinet quintet in B minor, op. 115

Late in life, inspired by meeting the great clarinettist Richard Muhlfeld, Brahms came out of self-imposed retirement to write his autumnal masterpiece, the clarinet quintet.

Almost fifty years  years later, in an entirely changed world, jazz clarinettist Benny Goodman commissioned Bartok to write “Contrasts”, and in 1940 premiered the work in New York with Bartok himself at the piano.

The “Grand Piano for Cornwall” for this concert has been kindly gifted by Roseland Music Society’s and the “Piano Circle” project. To learn more and  support this piano- sharing service for Cornwall visit www.roselandmusicsociety.co.uk

In the church:
MUSICIANS and the MOOR
Photographs by Hudson Swan

The Old School Inn
North Hill, 6.00 - 7.15pm Pre-concert Summer Buffet, 40 places available, book directly on 07897 751887