Loeffler's Forgotten Octet
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PROGRAM:
MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581
LOEFFLER Octet for Two Clarinets, Harp, String Quartet, and Double Bass
Stella Chen and Frances Hsieh, violin
Ben Weiss, viola
Tim O'Malley, cello
Zach Hobin, bass
Eric Sabatino, harp
Graeme Steele Johnson and Charles Messersmith, clarinet
In April 2020, clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson uncovered an unpublished manuscript of the long-forgotten octet by Berlin-born, Boston-based composer Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935) in the Library of Congress. Unheard since 1897, Graeme embarked on a year-long reconstruction, resulting in the first critical edition and subsequent recording of this expansive, kaleidoscopic work. Graeme is joined by American violinist Stella Chen, first prize winner of the 2019 Queen Elisabeth Competition and 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, and members of Chamber Music Charleston for this program, which sheds new light on Loeffler’s influential role at the dawn of American music.
More information online at https://www.chambermusiccharleston.org/ovation-2-26-27/
MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581
LOEFFLER Octet for Two Clarinets, Harp, String Quartet, and Double Bass
Stella Chen and Frances Hsieh, violin
Ben Weiss, viola
Tim O'Malley, cello
Zach Hobin, bass
Eric Sabatino, harp
Graeme Steele Johnson and Charles Messersmith, clarinet
In April 2020, clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson uncovered an unpublished manuscript of the long-forgotten octet by Berlin-born, Boston-based composer Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935) in the Library of Congress. Unheard since 1897, Graeme embarked on a year-long reconstruction, resulting in the first critical edition and subsequent recording of this expansive, kaleidoscopic work. Graeme is joined by American violinist Stella Chen, first prize winner of the 2019 Queen Elisabeth Competition and 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, and members of Chamber Music Charleston for this program, which sheds new light on Loeffler’s influential role at the dawn of American music.
More information online at https://www.chambermusiccharleston.org/ovation-2-26-27/
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