Omega Ensemble, comprising Artistic Director David Rowden (clarinet), Emma Jardine (violin), Vivien Jeffrey (violin), Neil Thompson (viola) and Paul Stender (cello) perform a programme in which the clarinet takes the spotlight in a selection of deeply moving and lyrical chamber music. Ferrucio Busoni’s lesser-known Suite for Clarinet and String Quartet in G minor is filled with beautiful lyricism and…
Omega Ensemble: David Rowden (Artistic Director and basset clarinet), Natsuko Yoshimoto (violin), Ike See (violin), Neil Thompson (viola), Paul Stender (cello) February 19, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House Written by Larry Turner The Omega Ensemble’s weekend concert Haydn and Mozart was a superb performance of high calibre which suggests that it might more aptly be…
The Omega Ensemble presents a double feast of quartets and quintets of grand masterpieces, watershed moments and world premieres with Artistic Director David Rowden, violinists Natsuko Yoshimoto and Ike See, violist Neil Thompson and cellist Paul Stender. This programme of two quartets and two quintets features The Lark string quartet by Haydn, is a perfect representative of the…