Eric Hoeprich, basset clarinet,
and the London-Haydn String Quartet
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
Haydn: Quartet No. 36 in B-Flat Major, op. 50, no. 1
Beethoven: Quartet No. 3 in D Major, op. 18, no. 3
Mozart: Quintet in A Major, K. 581
The London Haydn Quartet was formed in response
to its members’ devotion to Haydn’s string quartets. Playing with
classical bows on instruments with gut strings, the ensemble has
received invitations to many of the most important concert series
in Europe and North America. They have performed the complete
Haydn cycle numerous times and have given Haydn recitals at
Carnegie Hall, Cheltenham International Festival, Granada
International Festival, and at Haydn festivals in Esterhazy,
Lincoln, and Lyon. They have formed a collaboration with period
clarinetist Eric Hoeprich, with whom they also recorded the
Brahms and Mozart quintets on the Glossa label.
Eric Hoeprich has specialized in performing on
the historical clarinet—and grew up in Davis, California. In 2012
he was inducted into the Davis High School “Hall of Fame.” His
expertise as a musician, scholar, and instrument maker create a
unique approach to the clarinet repertoire of the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries. As principal clarinet in Frans Brüggen’s
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, he has had numerous
opportunities to perform and record as a soloist. He has also
appeared and recorded with the Academy of Ancient Music, Musica
Antiqua Köln, Philharmonia Baroque, and Tafelmusik, among other
period- and modern-instrument ensembles. As a chamber musician,
Hoeprich performs with the wind ensembles Nachtmusique and
Stadler Trio. Eric Hoeprich is on the faculty of the
Conservatoire de Paris, the Royal Conservatory of the Music (The
Hague), and Indiana University (Bloomington). He is the author of
The Clarinet (Yale University Press, 2008) as well as
articles in several journals.
