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Foot-stomping virtuosity from Martin Fröst and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields

By Jason Weir, 03 February 2017
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“Fröst suspended the music from an invisible wire with a broad spectrum of tone colours”
Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 2 February 2017
Programme
Britten, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for string orchestra, Op.10
Copland, Clarinet Concerto
Elgar, Sospiri for string orchestra and harp, Op.70
Brahms, Hungarian Dances (arr. for clarinet and orchestra by Göran Fröst)
Bartók, 6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56 (Arr. Martin Fröst)
Traditional, Klezmer Dances (arr. for clarinet and orchestra by Göran Fröst)
Performers
Martin Fröst, Clarinet
Tomo Keller, Violin
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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Jason Weir
Jason Weir

Jason completed a PhD in music history at Oxford University in 2023. His research focused on the development of suburban folk and popular music in late 19th-century Vienna alongside a social and political history of noise. Jason gained his MMus degree from King’s College London, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. He has taught and written about the history of the symphony in the 19th and 20th centuries, musical modernism in Vienna, and broader cultural trends in Europe around 1900. Jason is currently lead violinist for Sinfonia Tamesa and guest led Kensington Symphony Orchestra in their 2015-16 season.