Milhaud Wind Quintet, Op. 443
Martinů Sextet for piano and wind
Beethoven Quintet in E-flat major for piano and wind, Op. 16
Françaix Wind Quintet No. 1

Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Catherine Edwards piano



Members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s celebrated wind section take the stage in a programme beginning with two French wind quintets: the last ever work in the long career of the ever-inventive, ever-entertaining Darius Milhaud; and the First Quintet by that master of witty, idiomatic wind writing Jean Françaix. The wind players are joined by pianist Catherine Edwards in the Sextet by Bohuslav Martinů, written in Paris in the ‘jazz age’ of the 1920s, and in the Quintet with which Beethoven announced himself to Viennese audiences as a young lion of the keyboard and a compositional heir to Mozart.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Chamber Contrasts series at Wigmore Hall is generously supported by Dunard Fund.

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Françaix: Wind Quintet No. 1 – I. Andante tranquillo - Allegro assai
Françaix: Wind Quintet No. 1 – III. Tema. Variation 1 - 4
Martinů: Sextet for piano and wind – I. Prelude
Martinů: Sextet for piano and wind – II. Adagio
Martinů: Sextet for piano and wind – IV. Blues (Divertimento 2)
Beethoven: Quintet for piano and wind in E-flat major, Op. 16 – I. Grave - Allegro ma non troppo
Beethoven: Quintet for piano and wind in E-flat major, Op. 16 – III. Rondo - Allegro ma non troppo


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