Music Among Friends

Britten – Three Divertimenti
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A major
Beethoven – Septet in E-flat major

Artists:
Benjamin Nabarro · Claudia Ajmone-Marsan – violins
Rachel Roberts – viola · Gemma Rosefield – cello
Robert Plane – clarinet · Naomi Atherton – horn
Emily Hultmark – bassoon · Enno Senft - double bass

A festival opening that sets the tone: spirited, lyrical and full of joy. Britten’s playful Divertimenti lead to Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, a work of incomparable beauty and serenity, and one of the most radiant achievements in all chamber music, written by Mozart for his friend Anton Stadler. Beethoven’s magnificent Septet brings the concert to a resplendent close - the grandest work in the chamber repertoire, expansive in scale yet rich with warmth, wit and almost-orchestral brilliance.