Artists
- Nash Ensemble
- Simon Crawford-Phillipspiano
- Lars Anders Tomterviola
- Philippa Daviesflute
- Gareth Hulseoboe
- Richard Hosfordclarinet
- Ursula Leveauxbassoon
- Richard Watkinshorn
- Lucy Wakefordharp
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Woman at the Piano (1875–1876) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Original from The Art Institute of Chicago. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
- Date
- Sat 08 Feb 2025, 5.30pm
- Tickets
- Archived Event
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Camille Saint-Saëns1835-1921
- Caprice sur des airs danois et russes Op. 79 for piano, flute, oboe and clarinet
- Claude Debussy1862-1918
- Syrinx for solo flute
- Sonata for flute, viola and harp
- Francis Poulenc1899-1963
- Sextet for piano and wind quintet
Overview
Saint-Saëns’s Caprice was composed for a French Red Cross concert in Russia, whilst Debussy’s evocative Sonata dates from the middle of the First World War. Poulenc wrote his Sextet as a ‘homage to the wind instruments I have loved from the moment I began composing’.