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Mellow fruitfulness abounds from Martin Fröst in autumnal Brahms

By Mark Pullinger, 16 September 2014
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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 16 September 2014
Programme
Mozart, Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Brahms, Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115
Performers
Martin Fröst, Clarinet
Apollon Musagète Quartet
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.