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SUMMARY:Robert Cohen and Dina Duisen -  Song and Sonata for Cello and Piano
DESCRIPTION:Artists: Robert Cohen (cello) and Dina Duisen (piano) \nConcert Sponsor: Don and Betty Frampton \nProgramme\n\nLudwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major\, Op. 69\nGabriel Fauré – Après un Rêve; Papillon; Élégie\nInterval\nJohannes Brahms – Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major\, Op. 99\n\nAbout the Concert\nnadsa opens its 2026–2027 season on Sunday 27 September with one of the foremost cellists of our age. Robert Cohen will perform with his recital partner since 2023\, Kazakh-British pianist Dina Duisen\, making her fourth appearance with nadsa. The afternoon pairs two towering cello sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms with a group of Fauré’s most cherished miniatures. A programme of conversation and contrast\, it ranges from Classical poise to autumnal Romantic warmth. \nFrom Classical Dialogue to Romantic Fire\nThe afternoon opens with Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major\, composed in 1807–08 during his heroic middle period. It was the first cello sonata to treat the two instruments as genuine equals\, and it announces that intent at once: the cello sings the opening theme entirely unaccompanied. There follows a set of Fauré’s best-loved short pieces. Après un Rêve\, originally a song from the 1870s\, unfolds as a long\, yearning melodic line; the gentle Papillon flutters with salon charm; and the Élégie of 1880 is an intensely lyrical lament\, one of the most loved of all cello works. \nAfter the interval comes Brahms’s Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major\, written in the summer of 1886 during a fertile holiday beside Lake Thun and dedicated to the cellist Robert Hausmann. Passionate and expansive\, with bold tremolo writing and a slow movement of rare tenderness\, it is Brahms at his most ardent. The critic Eduard Hanslick wrote that in this music “passion rules\, fiery to the point of vehemence.” \nAbout the Artists\nRobert Cohen has enjoyed a distinguished international career spanning more than four decades\, performing with many of the world’s leading conductors and chamber ensembles. He made his concerto debut at the Royal Festival Hall at the age of twelve and his recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto\, made when he was nineteen\, earned a silver disc. He has recorded for EMI\, Deutsche Grammophon\, Sony\, BIS\, Decca and others\, and is William Pleeth Professor of Cello at the Royal Academy of Music. The Guardian has written that Cohen “can hold any audience in the palm of his hand.” \nDina Duisen brings warmth and versatility to the piano partnership. Born in Almaty into a family of musicians and resident in London since 2002\, she gained her Master of Arts with distinction from the Royal Academy of Music\, where she now works alongside the Royal College of Music. Her solo album Mazurkas from Chopin to Adès was recorded with Grammy-winning producer Andrew Keener. In 2023 she founded her annual chamber-music festival “Dina & Friends” at the 1901 Arts Club in London. This is her fourth appearance at nadsa. \nWhy You Shouldn’t Miss This\nThis is chamber music of the highest order: two great cello sonatas framing a garland of Fauré’s most affecting writing\, performed by an artist at the height of his powers and a pianist of real distinction.
URL:https://nadsa.co.uk/event/robert-cohen-and-dina-duisen/
LOCATION:The Courtenay Centre\, Kingsteignton Road\, Newton Abbot\, Devon\, TQ12 2QA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Ensemble Mirage -  An Afternoon of Autumnal Clarinet Colours
DESCRIPTION:Artists: Ensemble Mirage (clarinet and string quartet) – Matthew Scott (clarinet)\, Michael Newman (cello)\, Rosemary Hinton (violin)\, Emily Pond (viola) and Alexandra Lomeiko (violin) \nConcert Sponsor: Keith Stokes-Smith \nProgramme\n\nJohannes Brahms – Clarinet Quintet in B minor\, Op. 115\nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Takemitsu) – Herbstlied (Autumn Song)\nInterval\nHerbert Howells – Rhapsodic Quintet\, Op. 31\nJean Françaix – Clarinet Quintet\n\nAbout the Concert\nOn Sunday 22 November\, Ensemble Mirage brings music for clarinet and string quartet to nadsa for the first time in 30 years. At its heart stands Brahms’s autumnal masterpiece\, the Clarinet Quintet in B minor\, partnered by an English gem from Herbert Howells\, the witty French elegance of Jean Françaix\, and a haunting miniature by Tchaikovsky arranged by Toru Takemitsu. It is a programme that places the well-loved alongside the unjustly neglected: the speciality of this enterprising ensemble. \nFour Voices for Clarinet and Strings\nThe afternoon opens with Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet\, written in the summer of 1891 for the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld\, whose playing drew the composer out of a brief retirement. Valedictory and elegiac\, it is among the supreme achievements of his final years\, glowing with warmth and quiet regret. It received its first private performance that November in Meiningen\, with Mühlfeld and the Joachim Quartet. The first half then closes with Takemitsu’s gentle arrangement for clarinet and strings of Tchaikovsky’s Autumn Song\, the October piece from The Seasons\, premiered in this guise in 1993. \nAfter the interval comes Howells’s Rhapsodic Quintet of 1919\, a single flowing movement of mystic\, song-like beauty written in the aftermath of the First World War\, and one of the finest English chamber works of its time. The programme closes with the Clarinet Quintet by Jean Françaix\, composed in 1977 in his inimitable French style: elegant\, neoclassical and brimming with wit. \nAbout the Ensemble\nEnsemble Mirage is a dynamic flexi-ensemble focusing on the fantastic range of mixed wind\, string and piano chamber music. From trios to octets\, this small group of dedicated\, passionate and award-winning musicians aims to expand the standard chamber repertoire\, bringing to light many often overlooked works\, with each programme focusing on a particular instrumental combination and presenting the well-known alongside the more rarely heard. They are Making Music Recommended Artists and finalists in the Mixed Chamber category of the 66th Royal Over-Seas League competition; they were also St John’s Smith Square Young Artists and held an Aldeburgh Chamber Music Residency. The ensemble evolved from Trio Mirage\, Royal Academy of Music Chamber Fellows and Harold Craxton Prize winners\, growing to explore this larger repertoire. \nWhy You Shouldn’t Miss This\nConcerts for clarinet quintets are a rarity. Few combinations in chamber music are as beguiling\, and especially in nadsa’s intimate setting. This carefully curated programme showcases the range of the ensemble’s expression – from Brahms’s late tenderness to the sparkle of Françaix.
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LOCATION:The Courtenay Centre\, Kingsteignton Road\, Newton Abbot\, Devon\, TQ12 2QA\, United Kingdom
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