Mesmerising Brahms from Ensemble 360

By Steve Draper, 16 May 2019

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Reviewed at Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield on 14 May 2019

Mozart, Quartet in F major for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello, K370 (K368b)

Poulenc, Élégie for horn and piano, FP 168

Messiaen, Le Merle noir (for flute and piano)

Brahms, Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34

Ensemble 360

Adrian Wilson, Oboe

Juliette Bausor, Flute

Benjamin Nabarro, Violin

Claudia Ajmone-Marsan, Violin

Ruth Gibson, Viola

Marie Bitlloch, Cello

Tim Horton, Piano

Symmetries in Sound: Ensemble 360 explores music and maths

Phil Parker, 13th February

Forwards? Backwards? Upside down? All three at once? From Machaut to Pärt, Ensemble 360 considers the relationship between musical structures and varieties of mathematical pattern.

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A trio of Mozart quintets from Ensemble 360

Phil Parker, 15th January

Ensemble 360’s opening concert of their Sheffield spring season reveals the rich variety present in three very different Mozart quintets.

****1

A concert of masterworks from Ensemble 360 and guests

Phil Parker, 22nd May

Another day, another impeccable concert by Ensemble 360 and friends at this year’s Sheffield Chamber Music Festival.

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Bach at Breakfast: Ensemble 360 serve up a Goldberg feast

Phil Parker, 18th May

A concert at 07:30 am? In a cemetery chapel? It must be the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival!

*****

Ensemble 360’s Lark takes wing

Phil Parker, 5th February

Ensemble 360’s Music in the Round concert is a homage to the 20th-century English industrialist Walter Willson Cobbett... and also to the enduring popularity of The Lark Ascending.

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Wind masterpieces take centre stage in Ensemble 360 Sheffield concert

Phil Parker, 22nd January

In a programmed titled Birds and Bagatelles, Ensemble 360’s wind players offered vividly characterised music in this programme of 20th-century classics of the repertoire.

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Steve Draper

After studying music at Oxford, Steve worked in education for thirty years. He has followed and been involved with music in the north of England throughout and has written classical reviews for The Yorkshire Post. Steve has a particular interest in performances in Sheffield, his home city.