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The sleek chamber group Mobius, drawn from orchestral principals, celebrated its 10th birthday last weekend with a Wigmore Hall concert… ending with Mozart… a polished clarinet quintet. In between came seven specially commissioned new works, one for each member of the group, under the collective title of Birthday Candles.
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“… In Diana Burrell’s ‘Birthday Candle’, percussive special effects offset the bright, gymnastic warbling of Robert Plane’s clarinet…”
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The Concert:
Mobius
Wigmore Hall
March 2008
Mozart Flute Concerto in D major, K. 314, arr. David Walter
‘Birthday Candles’:
Alex Roth Death by Figs
Rhian Samuel Emerging (lightly)
Roxanna Panufnik Rose
Sally Beamish Thorns
George Tsontakis Cellobius
Diana Burrell Birthday Candle
Huw Watkins Postlude
Mozart Clarinet Quintet, K. 581
