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29Jan

Amabile Clarinet Trio

Hosted by the LSE Arts Lunchtime Concert Series
In-person public event (Shaw Library, 6th floor, Old Building) 
Thursday 29 January 2026 1.05pm - 2pm

Join us this week with the talented Amabile Clarinet Trio comprised of Lesley Schatzberger (clarinet), Nicola Tait Baxter (cello) and Paul Nicholson (piano).

Amabile is an enterprising classical music ensemble based on a clarinet, cello and piano trio, made up of prize-winning and much-recorded artists. The group has established a reputation for imaginative programming and dynamic performances. As well as performing much loved classics, Amabile highlights some surprisingly neglected composers, and also enjoys expanding the repertoire with newly commissioned music.

A music graduate of York University, and greatly enriched by previous musical training at Dartington College of Arts in Devon, pianist Paul Nicholson has enjoyed a diverse musical career as an accompanist, chamber musician, soloist and director.

Lesley Schatzberger has been principal clarinet with the English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, London Classical Players, and Academy of Ancient Music, touring across Europe, the United States, and the Far East. As a member of Stockhausen’s own chamber group she took part in many performances and in recordings over a period of about 12 years.

Nicola Tait Baxter studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Lionel Handy, winning prizes for both solo and chamber music and graduating with a first-class honours degree. Further scholarships took her to Germany and London, studying with cellists Johannes Goritzki and William Pleeth. At the age of 24 she gave her first solo broadcast for Radio 3 and she joined the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields chamber orchestra and performed regularly with the Philharmonia, City of London Sinfonia and the LSO. For 5 years she was cellist in the renowned Fitzwilliam String Quartet, performing and giving masterclasses throughout Europe, Russia, North America and South Africa.

Programme to include:

Beethoven Trio Opus 11 in B flat major

Thea Musgrave Canta, Canta! for clarinet, cello & piano
Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor op 114

The next lunchtime concert is on Thursday 5 February and will be performed by Antoine Preat (piano).

Join the LSE Choir and Orchestra on Tuesday 31 March for the LSE Spring Concert in the beautiful surroundings of St Clement Danes Church.

More about this event

Just economics and politics? Think again. While LSE does not teach arts or music, there is a vibrant cultural side to the School - from weekly free music concerts in the Shaw Library, and an LSE orchestra and choir with their own professional conductors, various film, art and photographic student societies and regular public exhibitions. For more information please visit LSE Arts and Music.

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