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Concert Review: Schubert’s Trout/Omega Ensemble

July 29, 2017July 29, 2017

Schubert’s Trout Omega Ensemble: David Rowden (Co-Artistic Director and clarinet), Maria Raspopova (Co-Artistic Director and piano), Alexandra Osborne (violin), Veronique Serret (violin), Neil Thompson (viola), Paul Stender (cello), Alex Henery (double bass), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Michael Dixon (horn) 27 July 2017, City Recital Hall, Angel Place Written by Larry Turner One of Schubert’s best-loved works, the Trout Quintet (D.667), was voted number one in ABC-FM’s Classic 100 Chamber Music survey in…

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Omega Ensemble Performs Schubert’s Classics

June 8, 2017

Omega Ensemble present two of Franz Schubert’s most popular works The Trout Quintet and the Octet in F major. The Trout Quintet vividly evokes the sensation of the splash of darting fish in the Austrian alpine stream, where Schubert was inspired to compose in the summer of 1819, drawing from his earlier adaptation of a poem. Yet…

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Omega Ensemble: Songs From The Bush Includes A World Premiere

April 26, 2017

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…