Chamber music - English horn, strings and clarinet
An immensely talented composer and pupil of Nadia Boulanger, Jean Françaix composed light, poetic works throughout the 20th century in the pure French spirit of his friend Francis Poulenc. His Quartet for English horn, violin, viola and cello is a sparkling, playful score, like the two Mozart works on the programme for this concert. Written two years before the Austrian composer's death for Anton Stadler, clarinettist with the Imperial Court Orchestra in Vienna, the Quintet in A major bears witness to Mozart's love of the clarinet, whose warm, expressive sound he appreciated. This is followed by two little marvels by the Uzbek-born Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin, well known for her music for theatre and ballet. Here, the strings meet and mingle, eventually sweeping the listener away in a mysterious dance of irresistible crescendo. A sublime concert led by six musicians from the ONPL.
Enzo Ferrarato: Clarinet
Vincent Arnoult: English horn
Claire Aladjem & Pierre Baldassare: Violins
Mickaël Belin: Viola
Annabelle Gouache: Cello
Programme :
Françaix (1912-1997)
Quartet for English horn, violin, viola and cello, 15'.
Mozart (1756-1791)
Quintet with clarinet in A major K.581 31
Adagio in F major K.Anh94 /K580a for English horn, violin, viola and cello 7'
Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
From Anna Magdalena's Notebook 14'
String Quartet 14
Numbered seating.
Duration 1h40 (with intermission).
Programmed by the town of Les Sables d'Olonne.
Bookings at Les Sables d'Olonne Tourist Offices, on the Les Sables en Poche application, and online:
24€, 17€/reduced (students, under-26s, jobseekers, recipients of RSA, subsidised contracts, minimum old-age pension, disabled adult allowance, Atout card holders, with proof), 2€/16 years.
19.20/full member, €13.60/reduced member.
Status - Complete
