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Brahms meets Schlumpf: a marriage of old and new in Baden

By Sarah Batschelet, 12 May 2017
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Reviewed at Druckerei Baden, Baden on 11 May 2017
Programme
Brahms, Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op.117 no.2
Schlumpf, Klarinettentrio für Klarinette, Violoncello und Klavier
Brahms, Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114
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Robert Pickup, Clarinet
Thomas Grossenbacher, Cello
Yoshiko Iwai, Piano
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Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.