19th-Century Clarinet Trios
19th-Century Clarinet Trios, part of the San Diego Early Music Society’s 33rd season, features Eric Hoeprich (clarinet), Tanya Tomkins (cello), and Eric Zivian (fortepiano).
As the story goes, Brahms was so moved after hearing clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld that he came out of retirement to write his last masterpieces, but the clarinet then was different from the instrument we can hear today. Judge for yourself when renowned clarinetist Erich Hoeprich uses a copy of Mühlfeld's boxwood clarinet to perform with cellist Tanya Tomkins and pianist Eric Zivian one of these wonderful late pieces, the trio for clarinet op.114. The program also includes Glinka's Trio Pathetique in d minor and Beethoven's clarinet trio in Bb major op.11 for which Eric Zivian will play a rare 1829 Broadwood fortepiano. This concert concludes the 2014-2015 season of the San Diego Early Music Society.