Ensemble Amorpha presents a program of new Swiss works at Kings Place

By Jonathan Russell, 08 October 2013

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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall Two, London on 6 October 2013

Kocher, Linked Lines, Not Straight

Vassena, 11 fragili giochi della notte for solo recorder

Furrer, Aer for piano, clarinet and cello

Holliger, Chaconne

Huber, Rauhe Pinselspitze for cello

Styles, Ripples of Como, for clarinet quintet

Ensemble Amorpha

Timothy Orpen, Clarinet

Roselyn Maynard, Recorder

Fiona Winning, Viola

Louise McMonagle, Cello

Erika Ohman, Percussion

Luke Styles, Director

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Jonathan Russell

Jonathan Russell is a London-based composer, clarinetist, conductor, and educator, active in music ranging from classical to contemporary to klezmer. He is a member of the Edmund Welles bass clarinet quartet and the Sqwonk bass clarinet duo, and co-founded San Francisco’s Switchboard Music Festival. He holds degrees from Harvard University and San Francisco Conservatory, and is a PhD Candidate at Princeton University.