A snapshot of Paris during a time of historic changes. Franck’s famous piano quintet, obsessive and romantic, bridges the gap between eras. Bubbly, accessible, and sarcastic French woodwind music by Poulenc and Bozza is paired with a quartet by Szymon Laks premiered in Paris in 1945, six months after the composer was liberated from Auschwitz and became a naturalized French citizen.
Concert Program and Details
Eugene Bozza Suite breve en trio (1947)
Szymon Laks String Quartet No. 3 (1945)
INTERMISSION
Francis Poulenc Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano (1926)
César Franck Piano Quintet in F minor (1880)