“His dear nightingale…” Piano Trios with Clarinet

• Friday, November 18, 2022 at 7pm at Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro VT (tickets here)

• Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 7:30pm at Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge

• Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 3:30pm at Follen Community Church, Lexington

A program celebrating the clarinet in two stellar chamber works: Beethoven’s own arrangement of his extremely popular septet, scored for clarinet, cello and piano and Brahms’ late sumptuous trio with the same formation, inspired by the exquisite playing of the German clarinettist, Richard Mühlfeld, whom he endearingly called “his dear nightingale.”

Eric Thomas, clarinet; Timothy Merton, Jennifer Morsches, cellos; Jean Schneider, piano

Program:
Brahms Trio in A minor, op. 114 for clarinet, cello and piano (1891)

intermission

Beethoven Trio, op. 38 (Beethoven’s own arrangement of the Septet, op.20) (1803)

Venues:

Brattleboro Music Center: 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro VT 05301
Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church: 1555 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02138
Follen Community Church: 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA 02420

Tickets for Sarasa Ensemble concerts in Brattleboro VT are available at the Brattleboro Music Center’s website, https://bmcvt.org.