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Anthony McGill: Gran Partita

with musicians from Guildhall School

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Anthony McGill smiling at the camera while holding his clarinet

Clarinettist Anthony McGill collaborates with the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective and stars of the next generation from Guildhall School, as he closes his Milton Court residency.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was considered a genius during his lifetime. When his teacher Stanford claimed that nobody could write a clarinet quintet without being influenced by Brahms, he took on the challenge and succeeded with a work that bursts with invention. Anyone who has seen Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus will recall Salieri waxing lyrical about Mozart’s Gran Partita: ‘Filled with such longing... It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.’

Anthony McGill joins forces with the ever-shifting, flexible chamber ensemble Kaleidoscope Collective, and we hear a fresh take on a beloved work in the latest of our side-by-side projects with musicians from Guildhall School – the last of which was hailed as ‘a tribute to the Guildhall students as learners, as much as to their musicianship’ (Bachtrack).

Tagged with: Classical music Anthony McGill: Milton Court Artist-in-Residence Barbican Presents

This performance will finish at approximately 9.20pm, including a 20-minute interval

Produced by the Barbican

Programme

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor   Clarinet Quintet (with Kaleidoscope Collective)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Gran Partita (with Guildhall musicians)

Performers

  • Kaleidoscope Collective  
  • Anthony McGill   clarinet
  • Guildhall School musicians  

Milton Court Residency

Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

Address
Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

Car and bicycle parking
We have free bicycle spaces and paid car parking spaces available