Joan Enric Lluna Honours Joseph Horovitz on the South Bank

Joan Enric Lluna honours Joseph Horovitz on the South Bank

Underlying the attractive effervescence of Joseph Horovitz's music is a serious and rich expressive vein, an aspect highlighted in the splendid tribute concert to the composer given by the notable Spanish clarinettist Joan Enric Lluna, partnered superbly by Nigel clayton. Given in the presence of the composer at a well-filled Purcell Room on 10 October, the programme featured Horovitz's works spanning nearly fifty years, including a London Premiere, alongside some other works that inspired them. Many of the works were originally written for Gervase de Peyer, such as the early Concertante for Clarinet and String Quartet of 1949, produced by the twenty-two year old composer between studies under Gordon Jacob at the Royal College of Music and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. …

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