Artists
- Nash Ensemble
- Martyn Brabbinsconductor
- Date
- Sat 12 Jan 2019, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Robert Schumann1810-1856
- Märchenerzählungen Op. 132
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- String Quintet in G Op. 111
Interval
- Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847
- Song Without Words Op. 109
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- Serenade in D Op. 11:
- Serenade in D Op. 11 (original version for wind and string nonet, reconstructed by Alan Boustead) (reconstructed by Alan Boustead)
Overview
Robert Schumann’s ‘Fairy Tales’ – composed fora combination which he felt would have ‘a veryRomantic effect’ – and Felix Mendelssohn’s Songwithout Words preface late and early works by theformer’s protégé Brahms, his richly-coloured SecondString Quintet and the engaging Serenade, restored toits original chamber colours.