Clarinet Recital with David Hrushovski

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Clarinet Recital with David Hrushovski – Programme:

Gustav Jenner, Clarinet Sonata in G Major, op. 5.

1.      Allegro moderato e grazioso

2.      Adagio espressivo

3.      Allegretto grazioso

4.      Allegro energico

Gustav Jenner (1865–1920) was a German composer and the only formal composition student of Brahms. Jenner’s clarinet sonata, first published in 1900, comes six years after Brahms’s own two sonatas for the clarinet—and, though Brahms’s influence is strongly discernible in the piece, Jenner also fills it with a unique melodic style which is unmistakably his own. This sonata in four movements, though worse known compared with the other clarinet sonatas of its period, showcases the varied capabilities of the instrument through its different registers, and is full of rich, expressive passages for clarinettist and pianist alike.

David Hrushovski is a third-year student at Teddy Hall, reading Philosophy and French. He’s been playing the clarinet since the age of 12 and has given several recitals at Teddy Hall and other colleges, and has also played in various orchestras around Oxford. David is particularly interested in the cultural side of life at the Hall; as well as having been the President of Teddy’s Music Society last year, he also designs the publication of its Creative Writing Society, Disaster!, and participates in the organisation of SEH Picture Takers, the Hall’s photography club. This year, David spent a semester on exchange at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he played in that university’s newly re-formed orchestra. He looks forward to giving more chamber recitals in the next academic year, which will be his final year at Oxford.

Timing:  7:30 pm

Location:  St Edmund Hall – Old Dining Hall

This event is free and open to the public, no need to register

If you have any questions, please email: events@seh.ox.ac.uk

This event is part of the Music at St Edmund Hall series