If you are a fan of the clarinet, this evening is absolutely unavoidable. Weber's early romantic, expressive clarinet quintet in B-flat major is distinguished by its beautiful and emotional clarinet melody, which soars high above the accompanying strings and creates a direct connection to the innermost core of the heart. The work demonstrates Weber's skill in utilizing the tonal versatility of the clarinet, from the warmly lyrical to the virtuosic and dancing. The lively dialogue between clarinet and strings provides a lively and classical chamber musical interaction. The quartet was written for Weber's friend, the clarinet virtuoso Heinrich Baermann, who as a touring musician needed chamber music 'showpieces' to play in the cities where an orchestra could not be assembled to accompany clarinet concerts. And as such, the string quartet here is a mini-solo concerto – fully as dramatic and full of tension and pathos as any orchestral work, and with all the 'showmanship' and melodic sweetness that Weber as an opera composer had no trouble inventing .

Pro Musica - Muczynski & Weber

Odense Concert Hall

In 2024, KLANG celebrates a fantastic 15-year anniversary. On this occasion, we have entered into a collaboration with our long-term collaborator (and the organization from which Klang grew) Athelas Sinfonietta and the new initiative Second Sound (an organization focused on promoting re-performances of newly written works) to create a tour-de -force programme, which consists exclusively of works which, over time, have been commissioned for or premiered by Athelas at Klang. Expect a true celebration of the wildness and vulnerability that the composers (and musicians) have shown over the past 15 years.

KLANG/ATHELAS – anniversary concert

Musikhuset Copenhagen

In the concert series 'Danish Dialogues', ATHELAS commissions a new work from a Danish composer, who at the same time selects a work by another composer that has had a special meaning for them. This time it applies to Morten Ladehoff, who has written 5TÜCKW3RK for the occasion – a work that plays with the idea of ​​being a piece of music in pieces. Ladehoff himself describes the work as a kind of autonomous sound factory, where musical processes are initiated but not completed, and where contours of delicate sonorous constructions arise, are played forwards and backwards, accelerated, cut up and interwoven criss-cross. In the middle of this unpredictable, angular and noisy universe is a core of poetic sensibility.

Mette Nielsen

Events

Past events

Oct 1, 2024

Pro Musica - Muczynski & Weber · Odense Symphony Orchestra

Jun 9, 2024

KLANG/ATHELAS – anniversary concert · Athelas Sinfonietta

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