Influential 20th-century Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu’s wonderfully eerie and evocative Rain Spell opens this wide-ranging program, which includes one of Brahms’s last works—his masterful Clarinet Trio, featuring legendary clarinetist David Shifrin—as well as the New Mexico premiere of Festival Artistic Director Marc Neikrug’s Fantasy for Clarinet, Viola, Cello, and Percussion.

TAKEMITSU Rain Spell (1982)

MARC NEIKRUG Fantasy for Clarinet, Viola, Cello, and Percussion (New Mexico Premiere) (2025)  

BRAHMS Trio in A Minor for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello, Op. 114 (1891)  

Approximate length: 1 hour and 10 minutes 

Generously sponsored by the Siegelaar-Bryer Foundation

Insights: Program Notes with Marc Neikrug – Aug 11, 12 PM, BRAHMS & NEIKRUG

Performed by

Felix Fan

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Bart Feller

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Aiyun Huang

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