This exploration of classics for windensemble sees us in the company ofa starry ensemble indeed: leading theANAM musicians for this program is agroup in which every member is a firstamong equals – a quintet comprisingprincipal players from the Los AngelesPhilharmonic Orchestra, including ANAMHorn Faculty Andrew Bain. With these musicians, we’ll be taken on a journey from late 19th-century France –and Gounod’s delicious evocation of the spirit of Mozart – to the United States in the mid 20th century, and the warm, open-air lyricism of Samuel Barber’s Summer Music.
BARBER Summer Music
BRITTEN Movement for Wind Sextet
POULENC Sextet
GOUNOD Petite symphonie
MILHAUD Chamber Symphony no. 5
FRANÇAIX 9 Pièces caractéristiques
LA Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Denis Bouriakov flute
Ramón Ortega Quero oboe
Boris Allakhverdyan clarinet
Whitney Crockett bassoon
Andrew Bain horn
ANAM Musicians
Duration: approx. 2 hours (including interval)