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Music amongst friends: my preconcert talk at Conway Hall

Music amongst friends: my preconcert talk at Conway Hall
Music amongst friends: my preconcert talk at Conway Hall

On Sunday 27 April 2025, the Zoffany Ensemble will be presenting a fascinating programme at Conway Hall for their Sunday concerts series at 6.30pm. The ensemble will be performing two 19th century nonets, by Louise Farrenc and George(s) Onslow. 

Before the concert, at 5.30pm, I will be presenting the pre-concert talk, Music amongst friends, (I regretfully abandoned the idea of ‘No, No Nonet’ as a title) exploring the background to the two works and looking at the development of the fondness for larger-scale chamber music, as well as tracing a line from Farrenc and Onslow to their teacher Anton Reicha and back to Louis Spohr whose nonet was the first such work to bear that name.

Full details from the Conway Hall website.


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