MUSICAL JOURNEYS:

Works for clarinet, viola and piano

Wednesday, 7 June 2017 | 20:30
Pallas Cinema – Theatre, Lefkosia

Gábor Varga [clarinet]
Sinem Sadrazam [viola]
Nicolas Costantinou [piano]

PROGRAMME

Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Romance oubliée, S.527
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): Sonata for clarinet and piano in F minor, op. 120 No. 1
Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849): Nocturne in D flat major, op. 27/2, Three Waltzes, op. 64
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Trio in E flat major, KV498 (1786) “Kegelstatt”

LMS invites you to a musical journey with an unusual combination of instruments, a clarinet, a viola and a piano. Some of the greatest composers were inspired to write works for this combination, the first of which was W. A. Mozart. His extremely dense and serene Trio in E flat major, largely eschews virtuosity in favour of exploiting the natural lyrical qualities of the clarinet and viola. Fr. Liszt’s nostalgic Romance oubliée, J. Brahms’s monumental Sonata in F minor for clarinet and piano, composed for the legendary clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld, as well as four petite piano masterpieces by Fr. Chopin complete our musical journey.