At just 19 years old, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was told: don’t imitate Brahms.
So he didn’t—he answered him. His Clarinet Quintet uses the same instruments and structure as Brahms’s, but speaks in a voice all its own—youthful, lyrical, and full of energy. Hear it tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor answers Brahms
Library of Congress/public domain
