Saturday 8 October 2011
7.45 pm
at the Middleton Hall, University of Hull
preceded by talk at 6.30 (see below)
Emma Johnson, clarinet
Guy Johnson, cello
Leon McCawley, piano
| Schumann | Adagio and Allegro op 70 for cello and piano |
| Zemlinsky | Trio in D minor op 3 |
| Schumann | Fantasiestücke op 73 for clarinet and piano |
| Brahms | Trio in A minor op 114 |
A star-studded ensemble opens our season with a programme tracing the line from Schumann to his protégé Brahms and, in turn, to Brahms’s protégé Alexander von Zemlinsky. It was at Brahms’s insistence that Zemlinsky’s Clarinet Trio of 1896 was published, setting the young composer on the road to success.
Emma Johnson walks onto a concert platform and suddenly transforms herself into an expressive instrument of sublime beauty The Guardian
Guy Johnston [was] remarkable by any standard… exceptionally sensitive Sunday Telegraph
Leon McCawley [displayed] commanding technical authority and a shining, tone The Guardian
Pre-concert talk at 6.30 pm
Graham Saunders on Zemlinsky
Entry is free to all ticket holders.
