Archived Event

Donizetti, Verdi and Mozart
Nash Ensemble; Richard Hosford clarinet
Date
Sat 06 Feb 2016, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Nash Ensemble
    • Richard Hosfordclarinet

    Programme

    Overview

    Two Italian composers famed for their operas arerepresented in this programme by their stringquartets – Donizetti by one of the many pieces hewrote in his youth for quartet meetings in his nativeBergamo, and Verdi by the lone Quartet he composedin his 60th year, with its fugal finale looking ahead toFalstaff.

    The recital is completed by a Nash Ensemble speciality,Mozart’s mellow Quintet for clarinet and strings.

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