Valued for its variety of tone color, the wind quintet is the most common wind chamber ensemble. A standard wind quintet consists of a flute, an oboe, a clarinet, a horn, and a bassoon, while composers often add other instruments to further enrich the effect. Starting with Ligeti's harsh and inventive Bagatelles and Mozart's Quintet for Piano and Winds - the composer's "the best thing I have written in my life," the players will illustrate every possibility of the versatile wind quintet.

 

Oboe: Ham Jung-Jun
Clarinet: Dai Le
Bassoon: Hu Yu
Horn: Peter Solomon
Piano: Li Cong

 

Carl Reinecke: Trio for piano, clarinet and horn in B-flat, Op.274 27’
Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano, FP.43 13’

 

- Intermission -

Mozart: Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon in E-flat major, K.452 25’