Music on Thursdays
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Thursday 19th June 2025
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RAM Clarinet Quintet
clarinet • 2 violins • viola • cello
Wai Lam Anna Liu, clarinet
Ka Wai Vivian Lee & Hin Hei Tsang, violins
Sheng Zhang, viola • Frederick Carter, cello
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Clarinet quintet K581 in A major "Stadler Quintet" (1789)
1 Allegro (A major)
2 Larghetto (D major)
3 Menuetto. Trio I (A minor). Trio II (A major)
4 Allegretto con Variazioni (A major, Variation III in A minor)
Anton Stadler played clarinet for the premiere, Mozart the viola.
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 (1891)
1 Allegro
Concert duration approx: 45-50 minutes
courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Clarinet quintet K581 in A major "Stadler Quintet" (1789)
1 Allegro (A major)
2 Larghetto (D major)
3 Menuetto. Trio I (A minor). Trio II (A major)
4 Allegretto con Variazioni (A major, Variation III in A minor)
Anton Stadler played clarinet for the premiere, Mozart the viola.
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 (1891)
1 Allegro
Concert duration approx: 45-50 minutes
courtesy of the Royal Academy of Music
Please donate to help fund these concerts at: cafdonate.cafonline.org/14455
RAM Clarinet Quintet
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Wai Lam Anna Liu is currently a first-year student at the Royal Academy of Music studying for a Master of Arts in Performance in Clarinet, under the mentorship of Christopher Richards, Sonia Sielaff and Thomas Watmough.
Wai Lam Liu graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Arts in Music (Performance concentrated) with First Honours. |
Passionate about chamber music, Ka Wai Vivian Lee actively engages in collaborative projects and competitions, including participating in performances with the Cong Quartet. Currently a second-year student at the Royal Academy of Music, pursuing a Master of Arts in Violin Performance under the mentorship of Nicholas Miller, Vivian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with first-class honours from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
Hin Hei Tsang began his journey playing the violin at the age of five and is currently studying for the Master of Arts degree under the guidance of Professor Nicholas Miller at the Royal Academy of Music. Tsang is an active chamber musician and has participated in masterclasses of acclaimed string quartets such as Quator Arod and the Esmé Quartet. |
Sheng Zhang is a Violist from China. He has been studying at the Royal Academy of Music since 2019. He has extensive experience in Orchestral and Chamber music and has performed at many famous concert venues in the UK.
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Leo De Flammineis is a second year undergraduate cellist studying with Christoph Richter at the Royal Academy of Music. He started playing the cello aged five and sang in the London Oratory Schola Cantorum from the age of eight, and appears on three recordings with the Schola.
Prior to joining the Royal Academy of Music he was at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, where he studied with Michal Kaznowski.
He has participated in masterclasses with cellists such as Alexander Baillie, Joely Koos, Anssi Karttunen, and Renaud Déjardin.
for this concert, Leo De Flammineis was replaced by Frederick Carter, also from the RAM
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Clarinet quintet K581 in A major "Stadler Quintet" (1789)
1 Allegro (A major)
2 Larghetto (D major)
3 Menuetto. Trio I (A minor). Trio II (A major)
4 Allegretto con Variazioni (A major, Variation III in A minor)
Performing in the Vinzentinum, a church-run music high school and former seminary in Bixen, South Tyrol, Italy, the musicians here are Andrea Götsch, Clarinet with the Amarida Quartet: Marco Serino & Johanna Wassermann, violins, Sylvia Lanz, viola, and Christian Bertoncello, cello.
Clarinet quintet K581 in A major "Stadler Quintet" (1789)
1 Allegro (A major)
2 Larghetto (D major)
3 Menuetto. Trio I (A minor). Trio II (A major)
4 Allegretto con Variazioni (A major, Variation III in A minor)
Performing in the Vinzentinum, a church-run music high school and former seminary in Bixen, South Tyrol, Italy, the musicians here are Andrea Götsch, Clarinet with the Amarida Quartet: Marco Serino & Johanna Wassermann, violins, Sylvia Lanz, viola, and Christian Bertoncello, cello.
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 (1891)
1 Allegro
This recording comes from a rather problematic performance space, the Konzerthaus Freiburg. Its design and construction were fairly controversial, with changes made and budgetary restraints imposed before any ground was struck or concrete poured.
The South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra moved in and found the acoustics virtually uncontrollable, with great difficulty hearing each other, as the sound drifted way up into the high space above their heads! The Berlin Philharmonia were not at all cautious in their remarks when booked to play in Freiburg-in-Breisgau!
Perhaps it works better for smaller ensembles. See what you think as we listen to five members of the SWR Symphonieorchester - Dirk Altmann, clarinet, Gil Shaham & Michael Dinnebier, violins, Gunter Teuffel, viola, and Marin Smesnoi, cello. They play the full 40 minute work, with the first movement occupying the first 14 minutes.
Previous concert
Friday 13 June 2025 - afternoon & evening performances at The Institute
the pocket opera "CarmenCo", click here
This is a ticketed event repeating at 2pm and 7.30pm
the pocket opera "CarmenCo", click here
This is a ticketed event repeating at 2pm and 7.30pm
Next concert
26 June 2025 - Leatherhead Trinity School's Singers and Players come to LMC, directed by Mrs Hannah Gray, Deputy Headteacher - click here
