Brahms the Progressive

Music@Malling Artistic Director Thomas Kemp introduces a programme exploring 19th century German Romanticism and its connection to Arnold Schoenberg – one of the 20th Century’s great innovators. Celebrated tenor – Mark Padmore CBE – performs beloved lieder by Schubert and Brahms plus Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon – a warning about tyranny written at the height of World War II. The concert concludes with Brahms’ epic Piano Quintet – one of the great chamber works of the 19th century.

Chamber Domaine:
Thomas Bowes – Violin
Ruth Rogers – Violin
Ann Beilby – Viola
Adrian Bradbury – Cello
Sophia Rahman – Piano

Mark Padmore CBE – Tenor

Schubert – Die Forelle
Schubert – An Die Musik
Schubert – Du bist die Ruh
Schoenberg – 6 piano pieces Op.19
Brahms – Vier Lieder Op.96
Schoenberg – Ode to Napoleon, Op.41

Interval

Brahms – Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34

Refreshments will be served in the interval