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Mitreißendes Kammermusikkonzert bei Salzburg Contemporary

By Christine Arnold, 17 August 2016
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Reviewed at Stiftung Mozarteum, Salzburg on 14 August 2016
Programme
Simpson, Hommage à Kurtág for clarinet, viola and piano
Kurtág, Játékok (Games): excerpts
Schumann, Bunte Blätter, Op.99
Kurtág, Signs, Games and Messages (excerpt)
Schumann, Märchenbilder for viola and piano, Op.113
Stroppa, Hommage à Gy. K.
Kurtág, Hommage à Robert Schumann, Op.15d
Schumann, Märchenerzählungen, Op.132
Performers
Mark Simpson, Clarinet
Antoine Tamestit, Viola
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano
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Christine Arnold
Christine Arnold
Christine studied musicology and dance science in Salzburg and Newcastle. After her Bachelor degree she is now proceeding her studies in musicology and the piano as minor subject at the Folkwang Universität in Essen.