The Robert Mann Chamber Music Series continues by highlighting musicians from the Festival’s own ranks. Britten’s Phantasy Quartet begins with a march and proceeds with lively pastoral charm. Poulenc is a composer known for his aesthetic of irrepressible good humor; he called his jaunty but complex Sextet “an homage to the wind instruments I have loved from the moment I began composing.” Brahms’ sophisticated Second String Sextet is rich with nostalgia, but sweeps all sadness away in its warm, bright finale.
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Olav van Hezewijk, oboe
Jonathan Carney, violin
DJ Cheek, viola
Julia Yang, cello
Viviana Cumplido Wilson, flute
Joshua Lauretig, oboe
Louis DeMartino, clarinet
Josh Baker, bassoon
Roy Femenella, horn
Vivienne Spy, piano
Jonathan Carney, violin
Erica Miller, violin
DJ Cheek, viola
Linda Numagami, viola
Julia Yang, cello
Britton Riley, cello
Program
Benjamin Britten, Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings, Op. 2
Francis Poulenc, Sextet in C Major for Piano and Winds, FP 100
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Johannes Brahms, String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36
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