1st Chamber Concert
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor op. 115 / Camille Saint-Saëns: Septet in E-flat Major op. 65
Concert
Alter Saal
Alter Saal
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet b minor op. 115
Clarinet
Violin
Viola
Violoncello
Camille Saint-Saëns: Septet in E-flat Major op. 65
Trumpet
Violin
Julia Parusch
Sabine Kronberger
Viola
Violoncello
Double bass
Piano
Hanna Klose
Brahms' Clarinet Quintet is part of the core repertoire for clarinetists and chamber music enthusiasts. Brahms had actually declared in 1891 that he no longer wished to compose. But then he was inspired to new creativity by the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld.
Saint-Saëns' Septet is not only unusual in its instrumentation for trumpet, string quintet and piano, but also in its stylistic reference to suites from the Baroque period.