Cheltenham Festival

Sunday 12 July 2009 at 11:00 am (110mins) Event M43 at Pittville Pump Room book online £14 / £18 / £22

The Nash Ensemble

1. Mozart String Quintet in C minor K 406 23′
2. Alexander Goehr Clarinet Quintet 18′
3. Goehr Manere (UK Premiere) 7′
4. Mendelssohn String Quintet in Bb Op 87 32′

Alongside string quintets (‘viola quintets’) by Mozart and Mendelssohn, the Nash Ensemble perform two recent works by Alexander Goehr. Manere, a short duo for clarinet and violin, was premiered in Germany last October.

Goehr’s Clarinet Quintet was premiered by the Nash in March 2008, and instantly recognised as one of Goehr’s most compelling works — according to the Evening Standard ‘a work of mellifluous expressivity verging on hedonism’.

Recorded for future broadcast by BBC Radio 3

for more information :

1. Alexander Goehr
2. Alexander Goehr at Schotts
3. Cheltenham Festival

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