Canberra Symphony Orchestra: French Accents
6 September @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEST

An ever-changing musical kaleidoscope suffused with joy and affection. You’ll hear Mozart and Poulenc at their self-declared best and all four composers are writing music for instruments they adored, playing to their strengths.
Mozart’s Quintet was an experiment: a concerto for piano and winds that won him ‘extraordinary applause’ at its first performance. But despite the virtuoso piano part and brilliant wind writing inspired by the orchestras he’d heard in Paris and Mannheim, this is chamber music at heart – intended for his Viennese friends.
At the other end of the program is Poulenc with music from 1920s Paris. The language is different but the spirit is the same: engaging and fun. Poulenc’s Trio is a joy to perform, and just as delightful to hear. We stay in Paris for Tomasi’s ‘Countryside Concerto’ – a lively 1930s vision of dancing in the gardens of Versailles. Tailleferre, the only female member of Les Six, is our third Parisian, represented by a dreamy Romance for solo piano.
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