Music in the Round May 2016 - Magnificent Seven
Ensemble 360 launch the May Festival with two sparkling works for seven players. Beethoven’s irresistible and vivacious Septet in E flat Op.20 for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass, premiered in 1800 together with the 1st Symphony, and Onslow's Grand in B flat Op.79 for piano, wind quintet and double bass.
Beethoven's septet, premiered in 1800, achieved rapid and enduring popularity and was subsequently arranged for numerous instrumental combinations fo
The concert starts at 7.15pm but there is a pre-concert talk at 6.15pm, by Professor William Drabkin of Southampton University who talks about Beethoven’s popular Septet, this is free to ticket holder
Crucible Theatre Studio, 55, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 1DA
Fri 6 May 2016