Omega Ensemble present two of Franz Schubert’s most popular works The Trout Quintet and the Octet in F major. The Trout Quintet vividly evokes the sensation of the splash of darting fish in the Austrian alpine stream, where Schubert was inspired to compose in the summer of 1819, drawing from his earlier adaptation of a poem. Yet…
Omega Ensemble, comprising Artistic Director David Rowden (clarinet), Emma Jardine (violin), Vivien Jeffrey (violin), Neil Thompson (viola) and Paul Stender (cello) perform a programme in which the clarinet takes the spotlight in a selection of deeply moving and lyrical chamber music. Ferrucio Busoni’s lesser-known Suite for Clarinet and String Quartet in G minor is filled with beautiful lyricism and…
Omega Ensemble: David Rowden (Artistic Director and basset clarinet), Natsuko Yoshimoto (violin), Ike See (violin), Neil Thompson (viola), Paul Stender (cello) February 19, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House Written by Larry Turner The Omega Ensemble’s weekend concert Haydn and Mozart was a superb performance of high calibre which suggests that it might more aptly be…