This programme offers a journey through German Romanticism and its extensions into the 20th century.
The evening opens with Malcolm Arnold's Sonatina Opus 6, a concise and lively piece in which the flute, clarinet and viola engage in a dialogue in a style that is both lyrical and rhythmic.
Robert Schumann's Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 47, then offers a testament to the expressive richness of Romanticism, combining passionate élan with rigorous construction.
With Richard Strauss's Metamorphoses, in its version for string septet, the music becomes meditation: a melancholic look at a vanished world.
Finally, Alexander Zemlinsky's Maiblumen blühen überall, a rare cycle for soprano and string ensemble, combines springtime poetry and harmonic refinement in an aesthetic that lies between late Romanticism and nascent modernism.

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Sonatina Opus 6

Joaquin Riquelme Garcia, viola
Paul Meyer, clarinet
Emmanuel Pahud flute

Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Quartet Opus 47 in E flat major

Daishin Kashimoto violin
Amihai Grosz viola
Benedict Kloeckner cello
Éric Le Sage piano

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Metamorphoses (version for septet)

Daishin Kashimoto,
Clémence De Forceville violin
Amihai Grosz,
Joaquin Riquelme Garcia viola
Benedict Kloeckner,
Zvi Plesser cello
Olivier Thierry double bass

Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
Maiblumen blühen überall

Daishin Kashimoto,
Clémence De Forceville, violin
Amihai Grosz,
Joaquin Riquelme Garcia, viola
Benedict Kloeckner,
Zvi Plesser, cello
Alma Sadé, soprano

1stcategory: £35 | over 65: £33
2ndcategory: £25 | over 65: £23
3rd category: £15 | over 65: £13
Reduced price*: £15
Under 20 and students: free