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“In Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet (the Sacconi Quartet) were joined by clarinettist Jack McNeill whose rapport with his colleagues was obvious throughout. At the centre of their performance of this expansive, nostalgic, autumnal work was the magnificent Adagio at whose heart arises a series of florid clarinet arabesques that spiral and swoop over rustling strings. This was just one highlight in a compelling account of a piece whose ebb and flow of expressive tension was made to seem entirely natural and spontaneous.”