Sun 12 October 2025 3:00pm

Carol Hubel-Allen, David Campbell, Paul Turner

£20.50 - Free for under 14s

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Swindon Recital Series: Mozart and Brahms

Mozart composed his Kegelstatt Trio in 1786 in Vienna for clarinet, viola and piano, the first composer to use this combination of instruments. Written for a young piano pupil to play at an informal family gathering, Mozart himself played the viola part and another friend the clarinet. Einstein described the concluding rondo as singing ‘from beginning to end’.

In 1894 Brahms composed two Clarinet Sonatas, the last chamber music pieces he wrote before his death, premiered in 1895 in – Vienna. Brahms also wrote a version for a viola instead of a clarinet and the discussion as to which instrument better suits the music goes on to this day. This concert will give you the chance to decide that for yourself as Carol Hubel-Allen viola, David Campbell clarinet and Paul Turner piano perform both sonatas for you to enjoy.

David Campbell

Classical clarinettist, chamber musician and concerto soloist who was described by the late Jack Brymer as 'the finest player of his generation’ and is internationally recognised as one of Britain's finest musicians

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Paul Turner

Wiltshire-based classical pianist and chamber musician who studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. 'Paul Turner was superlative in every way - wonderfully sensitive, with a very wide tonal palette' (Oxford Mail) 'For his part, Turner offered... intricate piano writing rendered with exemplary clarity and poise' (Richard Whitehouse) '... superbly partnered by Paul Turner's sensitive and alert accompaniments... that sixth sense of timing which is the true accompanist's particular gift' (Eastern Daily Press).

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