Emily Worthington & Daniel Grimwood

Award-winning pianist Daniel Grimwood and internationally renowned historical clarinettist Emily Worthington team up to bring you a taste of musical society in nineteenth-century Bavaria, in words and music. The clarinettists Heinrich and Carl Baermann (called ‘Bear-Father’ and ‘Bear-Son’ by their close friend Felix Mendelssohn) were famous throughout Europe for their astounding playing and deeply felt musicality. They mixed on equal and intimate terms with contemporaries including Weber, Meyerbeer and Liszt. This programme explores the musical world of the Baermanns, in which sounds can paint pictures, music can tell stories and instruments can sing like the human voice.

Come and relax with a stein of beer while you enjoy the most charming, affecting and exhilarating music the Romantic period can offer, with a smattering of nineteenth-century musical gossip along the way!

Emily Worthington clarinet Daniel Grimwood piano

Programme to include:

Weber Aufforderung zum Tanz, op. 65 Schubert, Schumann and Fanny Hensel Lieder, arr. Carl Baermann and Franz Liszt Jacob Rosenhain Gesangs-Scene for clarinet and piano (modern premiere) Carl and Heinrich Baermann Selected Character Pieces for clarinet and piano Carl Baermann Jr. Invocazione for solo piano (modern premiere) Weber Grand Duo Concertant, op. 48