Programme
Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor Op.114
Beethoven Kakadu Variations Op.121a
Interval
Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Simon Callaghan performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, in parallel with a highly successful career as a recording artist.
A favourite performer at the internationally-renowned Husum Festival of Piano Rarities in Germany, Callaghan’s recent sell-out concert was
praised by VAN Magazine as a “cleverly curated recital full of discoveries” and by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as “technically brilliant”.
Julian Bliss is one of the world’s finest clarinettists, excelling as a concerto soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, jazz artist, and masterclass leader. Julian started playing the clarinet aged four and went on to study in the United States at the University of Indiana and in Germany under Sabine Meyer.
Fenella Humphreys, winner of the 2023 BBC Music Magazine Premiere Recording Award, has attracted critical admiration and audience acclaim with the grace and intensity of her remarkable performances.
Described by The Strad as a player of ‘authority and passion, with an unerring sense of direction, full of colour and underpinned by a clear musical intelligence’, Welsh cellist Thomas Carroll launched his career when he won both Young Concert Artists Trust, London and Young Concert Artists, New York, following on from many prizes at numerous international competitions.
You may also like the following events from Absolute Classics:
- This Friday, 23rd May, 07:30 pm, Iona McDonald, violin & Simon Callaghan, piano in Thornhill
- This Saturday, 24th May, 02:00 pm, Hugo Eedle, cello & Simon Callaghan, piano in Thornhill
- This Saturday, 24th May, 07:30 pm, Catriona Arthur, soprano & Simon Callaghan, piano in Thornhill
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