Our final program in the series features the Nonet by mid nineteenth French composer, Louise Farrenc. A prolific composer of several symphonies and larger works, her music is becoming increasingly popular. We open with Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins with a pared down string accompaniment and following, Stravinsky’s Septet from 1953. An unusual combination of winds and strings with piano. This was a work originally programmed on our Masterworks season. We conclude with the famous Piano Quintet in A major by Schubert, more familiarly known as “the Trout.”

Program

Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins in B minor RV 580

Stravinsky: Septet (1953)

Louise Farrenc: Nonet in E flat Op.38
     I. Adagio – Allegro & III. Scherzo, Vivace

Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major. D. 667 ‘Trout’ I & IV Mvts