Violinist

Music for an autumn day with Brahms’ haunting Clarinet Quintet.
Brahms had retired from music when he met the clarinettist of his dreams. Result: this magical Clarinet Quintet, in which melodies curl like woodsmoke, and passionate sorrows burst like wildfire into golden autumn afternoons. In short, it’s a masterpiece, and with our own Section Leader Clarinet Oliver Janes leading a team of colleagues, it’s 40 minutes of magic.

Centre Stage: Brahms' Clarinet Quintet

CBSO Centre

Discover the passionate chamber music of Rachmaninoff and his contemporary Lyapunov.
The young Rachmaninoff was a Romantic with a capital R, and he poured all his yearning into a piano trio that’s everything you’d expect (and more) from this hugely popular composer. And then discover the glittering, wildly emotional world of Rachmaninoff’s forgotten contemporary Sergei Lyapunov – composer, star pianist and master of melody. It’s grand, it’s dreamy and we think you’re going to love it.

Violinist

Victoria Farrell-Reed

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 28, 2026

Centre Stage: Brahms' Clarinet Quintet · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

May 10, 2027

Centre Stage: Rachmaninoff & Lyapunov · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in Clarinet Quintet by Brahms

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Violin in Piano Trio No.1 by Rachmaninoff

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Violin in Piano Sextet by Lyapunov

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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