Omega Ensemble’s premiere performance for 2019 features groundbreaking trios by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schoenberg – composers who transformed the musical landscape with these works. The program: Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49/ Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (arr. Edward Steuermann)/ Beethoven Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 38 The artists: David Rowden, clarinet/ Anna Da Silve Chen, violin/…
Salon Société, Musical Luminati Series, Twilight Musical Dialogues Adamstown Uniting Church, Newcastle 30 November, 2018 Adamstown Uniting Church, Newcastle, The final instalment of the Twilight Musical Dialogues’ 2018 series Musical Luminati, entitled Salon Société Omega Ensemble members Sally Walker on flute, David Rowden on clarinet and Clemens Leske on piano. Inspired by the French Salon tradition,…
Joy – Farrenc and Beethoven Omega Ensemble, City Recital Hall, 25 September, 2018 Schubert’s exquisite-single movement trio piece known as Notturno in E flat major D 897 was the curtain raiser to Omega Ensemble’s Joy which featured as well, music by Beethoven, Louise Farrenc and Kats-Chernin. The music might have matched the twilight outside, but…