Jacob & Somervell: Clarinet Quintets

Featuring

Thea King
Emanuel Hurwitz
Raymond Keenlyside
Margaret Major
Derek Simpson
Aeolian String Quartet

Arthur Somervell
Gordon Jacob

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Critical Reception

Sir Arthur Somervell's Clarinet Quintet was premiered in 1919 and then largely forgotten, only to be rediscovered over eighty years later.

Composition History

Sir Arthur Somervell's Clarinet Quintet was written around 1913, a period when he was also photographed playing the clarinet.

Composer Biography

Sir Arthur Somervell, one of the composers on this album, was known for being capable of playing any instrument he picked up, including the clarinet.

Composer Biography

Sir Arthur Somervell, a composer featured on this album, studied composition under Sir Charles Stanford at Cambridge and later at the Royal College of Music under Sir Hubert Parry.

Composition History

Gordon Jacob's Clarinet Quintet had its first performance during World War Two in London's Wigmore Hall.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Sir Arthur Somervell's instrumental music, including his Clarinet Quintet, was written in a late-Romantic style that was reminiscent of music from at least half a century earlier.