Julian Bliss / James Baillieu

Wigmore Hall36 Wigmore Street, London, Greater London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Monday 06 July 2026

19:30

Programme

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)	Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op.70 (arr. Julian Bliss)
Olah, Tiberiu (b. 1928)	Clarinet sonata
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)	Clarinet Sonata no. 2 in E flat major, Op.120 no.2
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)	Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)	Clarinet Sonata no. 1 in F minor, Op.120 no.1

Performers

Julian Bliss	Clarinet
James Baillieu	Piano

Romanian composer Tiberiu Olah’s Sonata for clarinet solo distils the energy and mystery of primeval folk music into a short work of immense character. Julian Bliss sets it in company with the lyricism of the second of the two Clarinet sonatas Brahms composed in his final years. In the programme’s second half, he and James Baillieu explore the melancholy moods of Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke Op. 73 and restless contrasts of Brahms’s Clarinet Sonata in F minor.

Tickets:

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General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 27 January 2026.

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