Chamberfest Brown County presents: Comfort Reeds, the sonatas of Saint-Saëns

​​​​A gorgeous program featuring the otherworldly sonatas of Saint-Saëns, composed in the last year of his long life. Balancing off the program will be Poulenc’s Trio- one of his finest achievements- as well as Mozart’s Piano Quintet- a work that Mozart himself considered “the best thing I have written in my life.”

Saint-Saëns: Oboe Sonata op. 166​

Saint-Saëns: Clarinet Sonata op. 167
Saint-Saëns: Bassoon Sonata op. 168

Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds K. 452
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​​​​​​Gianfranco Bortolato, oboe
James Campbell, clarinet
Jim Smelser, horn
George Sakakeeny, bassoon
Andreas Ioannides, piano

Futaba Niekawa, piano