Jim Fagan
“Good Times in Bad Ischl” is an unusual name for a concert but it fits perfectly with the concept clarinettist Sacha Gibbs-McPhee and violinist Daniel Kossov have come up with for the next Coastal Cadenzas chamber music offering at Noosaville later this month.
“Bad Ischl is a little spa town in Austria and it is where Johannes Brahms had a holiday home which he found a quiet place to compose,” Sacha told Noosa Today. “Maybe it was something in the hot springs but the melodies he wrote while he was there are the loveliest in the chamber music repertoire.
“He was particularly inspired to write works for a German clarinet player, Richard Muehlfeld, whose sound he liked. The Clarinet Quintet holds nothing back and demands from its players a massive emotional range—rage, serenity, joy, resignation.”
Sacha (29) who lives at Peregian Beach, graduated from the University of Queensland in 2016 and was accepted into the master’s program at the Royal Academy of Music in London and represented the Academy in solo and chamber performances around the country.
On stage with him will be violinist and former concertmaster of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra Daniel Kossov who recently moved to Coolum, and Anna Moores (violin), and Daniel Williams (viola) with rising star ‘cellist Daniel Chiou taking the bass line.
Sacha said local concertgoers would have seen Daniel last month making his debut performance on the Coast in Lighter Shades with the Pacific Chamber Players. “While examining the scores of Brahms, York Bowen, Alexander Glazunov, and Robert Schumann for this upcoming concert, he is enjoying his time strolling on Coolum Beach and making friends with local ensembles.”
He said the concert theme was “indulgence. Four romantic works will be performed by this quintet of exceptional musicians, including Brahms’ most passionate masterwork, the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings.
“I believe Good Times in Bad Ischl” will be the most exciting musical experience for the local area in years.”
Coastal Cadenzas. September 21 at Good Shepherd, Noosaville, September 22nd at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Buderim, and September 29, Maleny Community Centre Hall. All start at 3 pm. Tickets. Online at sachagibbsmcphee.com/goodtimesor pay at the door. $40 and $35 for concessions.
