Ensemble 360

Robert Plane clarinet
Benjamin Nabarro and Claudia Ajmone-Marsan violins
Rachel Roberts viola, Gemma Rosefield cello

Britten   Three Divertimenti for String Quartet
Coleridge-Taylor   Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Op. 10
Holbrooke   Eilean Shona for Clarinet Quintet
Dvořák   String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 ‘American’

Ensemble 360 present a sumptuous afternoon of folk-inflected chamber music for strings and clarinet, which combines well-known works with some new discoveries.

Britten’s early invention and whimsy are at the fore in his charming and characterful Divertimenti. Holbrooke’s intoxicating depiction of a Scottish Island is a magical celtic evocation for clarinet and strings. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s exquisite Clarinet Quintet, arguably the composer’s greatest achievement in chamber music, owes a clear debt to the work of Dvořák, whose profoundly moving and ultimately celebratory ‘American’ Quartet reworks a cornucopia of diverse folk traditions and concludes this intimate and expansive programme.

The finer details…

Interval: 20 mins

Estimated finish: 5pm

Tickets
Unreserved: £23 full price | £11.50 under-35s | £3 child/student