Music Matters: German Romantic Clarinet ~ Campbell, Reinhardt, and Niekawa at La Grua Center

James Campbell & Alix Reinhardt, clarinets
Futaba Niekawa, 1886 Chickering concert grand

The German Romantic Clarinet
Fantasies, a Concert Piece, a Sonata, and a Grand Duo

Schumann  Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
von Weber  Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48
Mendelssohn  Konzertstück No. 1 for 2 clarinets & piano
Brahms  Clarinet sonata No. 2 in E♭

Acclaimed clarinetists James Campbell and Alix Reinhardt – master and former student – will collaborate with insightful pianist Futaba Niekawa to elicit the luminous, songful soundscape of German Romantic works for clarinet… and clarinets. The 1886 Chickering concert grand, a piano contemporary with the second Brahms clarinet sonata, brings its own distinctive period voice to this engaging musical conversation. The concert duo by Mendelssohn unveils a once-familiar, now vanished world of virtuosic clarinet lyricism that enchanted mid-19th-century Europe, while von Weber’s taxing, brilliant piece unleashes both fire and sinewy vocal line. Schumann’s fantasies are familiar in a variety of instrumentations, of course, but we can count ourselves lucky to have this chance to hear the haunting clarinet version. Irresistible, no?

This concert is generously sponsored by Christine McMasters

FutabaNiekawa.com

The German Romantic Clarinet runs ca. 65′ and is without an intermission.

Advance tickets online only:
$25+Eventbrite fees click here.
A limited number of tickets may be available at the door as space permits. 

All seating is unreserved: first come, first served! Doors open 1/2 hour before the start of the concert. No paper ticket necessary – simply give your name at the door.