Music in the Round's 2014 Autumn Series | Ensemble 360

In their first performance of the season, Ensemble 360 play two outstanding works of the Romantic repertoire.

Written in 1842, Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E flat is an invigorating work displaying great subtlety and refinement. Its musical structure is influenced by Beethoven but with passages of sprightliness reminiscent of much of Mendelssohn’s music. Schubert’s Octet of 1824 also owes much to Beethoven, having been commissioned by Count Ferdinand von Troyer as a piece to complement the latter composer’s Septet. By adding a second violin, Schubert created a largely spontaneous, congenial work, with hints of moroseness in common with his other chamber pieces of this period.

Tonight’s concert supports the Women of Steel fundraising campaign to commission a statue by Martin Jennings.

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