J.P. Jofre: Tangodromo String Quartet and Bandoneon No. 1

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, Op. Posth, (arr. James Crabb)

Interval

M. Bonis: “Ave Maria”

George Crumb: Three Early Songs

F. Mendelssohn: 6 Gesange - Auf Flügeln des Gesanges - Op. 34 No. 2

R. Hahn: 12 Rondels - No.9, “Les etoiles”

W.A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K602 (arr. Marnix van den Berg)

C. Sampson - soprano
J. Bliss - clarinet
J. Crabb - accordion
J. Liebeck - violin
A. Raikhlina - violin
B. Roskams - viola
L. Anderson - viola
A. Brendel - cello
D. Djordjevic - cello
S. Watton - double bass
K. Chong - piano

We end the Festival with a heady mix of Modern & Classical, Lieder and String Quartet, Clarinet and Bandoneon, Early Songs and Last Songs. Few things in music are more sublime and moving than the Strauss and Mozart pieces - a fitting finale!