Jörg Widmann & Hagen Quartet

Robert Schumann
Streichquartett A-Dur, op. 41/3

INTERMISSION

Johannes Brahms
Klarinettenquintett h-moll, op. 115

Joined by the Hagen Quartett, Jörg Widmann continues his concert series exploring the history of the clarinet quintet from its beginnings to the present day. Their performance is dedicated to one of the last works written by Johannes Brahms. In the concert’s first half, the legendary Austrian ensemble presents the A-major String Quartet by Robert Schumann, one of the young Brahms’s early supporters.