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Sheffield Chamber Music Festival - Clara and Agathe
Ensemble 360 and guests.
BRAHMS Sextet in G Op.36
Embedded within Brahms’s glorious Sextet are two coded melodies that give a rare glimpse into the composer’s personal life. Clara’s theme, heard in the slow movement, can be traced to a letter Brahms wrote to Clara Schumann in 1855 in which he added the tune as a personal message. Violinist Joseph Joachim also noticed an allusion in a passionate section of the first movement to Agathe von Siebold, a young singer to whom Brahms was briefly enga
BRAHMS Sextet in G Op.36
Embedded within Brahms’s glorious Sextet are two coded melodies that give a rare glimpse into the composer’s personal life. Clara’s theme, heard in the slow movement, can be traced to a letter Brahms wrote to Clara Schumann in 1855 in which he added the tune as a personal message. Violinist Joseph Joachim also noticed an allusion in a passionate section of the first movement to Agathe von Siebold, a young singer to whom Brahms was briefly enga
This concert starts at 5.00pm and ends at approximately 5.45pm. Ticket prices are: £5 / Under 18s free (please book tickets).
Crucible Studio Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 1DA
Fri 17 May 2019
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