Concert 2001 AGM




A tour of the library was concluded with lunch at Denbies and members left to attend the AGM where they had a talk by Hugh Bean to look forward to and a concert by students from The Royal College of Music of the unusual Quintet in D major for clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano (1898).

This piece was first performed on 15th June 1901, in the smaller Queen’s Hall in London and has only recently been revived with the permission of Ursula Vaughan Williams. Light and joyful, the music is in the words of Michael Kennedy, 'full of copious invention' and shows the influence of Brahms on the young Vaughan Williams. The unusual combination of instruments, rare in the chamber music repertoire, gave an interesting insight into the development of VW as a composer and the piece was performed brilliantly by the young musicians and received appreciatively by the audience.

The Royal College of Music Chamber Ensemble (see below)
Maximiliano Martin (clarinet)
Tom Hankey (violin)
Bethan Watkeys (horn)
Gabriella Swallow (cello)
Daniel Hill (piano)