Name: The Long Trip Home
Start: 2023-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: National Concert Hall (NCH)

Organization

Pianist

Ruth McGinley

Cellist

Ailbhe McDonagh

Cello

Singer

Macdara Ó Seireadáin

Clarinate

National Concert Hall

Clarinetist

Clarinet

The Long Trip Home

Dublin

Ireland

National Concert Hall (NCH)

The Long Trip Home: Question of Travel (+2 More)

Public

Question of Travel

Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano

Trio in A Minor, op. 114

Approved

The Long Trip home celebrates the closing chapters in the compositional journeys of Brahms, Hemenway, and Rota and the return to their roots and early influences. 

A chance encounter with the playing of clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld in Meiningen inspired Brahms to resume composing and sparked a period of extraordinary creativity, including a number of works for clarinet, piano, and voice. Autumnal in nature and deeply rooted in the classical tradition, his magnificent clarinet trio is a mellow, nostalgic glance back at a changed world. 

Describing his compositional style as being “with a little bit of nostalgia, a lot of optimism and good humour” Nino Rotas trio for clarinet, cello, and piano, unpublished during his lifetime certainly fits this characterisation. Hailing from his late creative period during which he returned to classical music from scoring film music, it comprises of a lyrical andante bookended by witty, zesty outer movements. 

Edith Hemenway’s Questions of Travel, a series of miniatures that take the listener on a surreal journey, each with their own unique sonic soundscapes offers a distinct contrast to both the humorous Nino Rota and melancholic Brahms trios.

English

The Long Trip Home by Hemenway, Rota, Brahms, From (2023/2023), National Concert Hall (NCH), Dublin, Ireland

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