Andreas Ottensamer & José Gallardo - Mendelssohn, Schumann en Gershwin

Andreas Ottensamer and José Gallardo

Following their previous performances, the press reported on the singing clarinet tone of Andreas Ottensamer, solo clarinettist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, and the tender piano accompaniment of José Gallardo. The two friends have shared the stage for many years. They also set up a chamber music festival together in Lucerne: the Bürgenstock Festival. Leave an evening of intimate ensemble playing to these men.

Mendelssohn, Schumann and Gershwin

The clarinet, developed from the chalumeau in the late Baroque, was a relatively late addition to the woodwind palette. Great composers such as Mozart and Brahms lovingly embraced the newcomer, and rightly so: the supple, agile sound can express every emotion. Ottensamer's own arrangement of works by Mendelssohn proves this convincingly, and in Gershwin's Three Preludes jazz is very close. The piano also claims the leading role twice tonight: in Jeux d'Eau and Chopin's First Ballade .