Elegance, charm, and the irresistible rhythms of the Jazz Age converge in this sparkling program with a distinctly Parisian spirit. Martinů's La Revue de Cuisine, a zany ballet whose plot centers on the romantic entanglements of kitchen utensils come to life, brims with tangos and Charlestons drawn straight from 1920’s Paris, while the rediscovered voice of Marie Clémence de Grandval, a celebrated figure in 19th-century French salon culture, adds a lush and sophisticated counterweight to the program. The evening concludes with the work Mozart himself called "the best work I have ever written" – his ravishing Quintet for Piano and Winds – a masterpiece of conversational elegance that will reverberate far beyond the concert hall.

PROGRAM

Martinů, Bohuslav - La Revue de Cuisine, H161

Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet; Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon; Wiff Rudd, trumpet; Alana Carithers, violin; Tido Janssen, cello; Leslie Amper, piano

De Grandval, Marie Clemence - Grand Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Bassoon

Shawn Welk, oboe; Nicolasa Kuster, bassoon; Stacy Kwak, piano

Intermission

*Marx, Bill - Friends

Walter Gray, cello; Rachel Ferris, harp

Mozart, W.A. - Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds, K. 452

Andrea Hixon, oboe; Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet; Stephanie Patterson, bassoon; Scott Brubaker, horn; Leslie Amper, piano

*American composer