Artists
- Jerusalem Quartet
- Sharon Kamclarinet
- Date
- Fri 17 Jun 2016, 7.00pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- String Quartet in B flat Op. 18 No. 6
- Béla Bartók1881-1945
- String Quartet No. 3 BB93
Interval
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115
Overview
For the first concert in its 20th Anniversary series at Wigmore Hall,the Jerusalem Quartet is joined by Sharon Kam in Brahms’s ClarinetQuintet, a work famed for its autumnal warmth and tonal beauty.
The concert’s first half comprises Beethoven’s Op. 18 No. 6, apotent blend of classicism and romanticism, and Bartók’s thirdstring quartet, judged by early critics as a model of classicalperfection in chamber music.
Supported by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust