Acclaimed chamber music ensemble Camerata Pacifica presents its first concert of 2017 with some of the greatest works ever written for winds. Opening with an Octet by Mozart’s Czech acquaintance, Josef Myslive?ek, the ensemble features extraordinary wind players from the Southland and beyond. Like Mozart, Myslive?ek wrote his octets for pairs of clarinets, horns, oboes, and bassoons. Performing all the works on this program are principals José Franch-Ballester (clarinet) and Martin Owen (horn), joined by clarinetist Bil Jackson; oboists James Austin Smith and Los Angeles’s Claire Brazeau; hornist Richard Berry; and bassoonists Judith Farmer and Gina Cuffari.
At the heart of the program are two Mozart Serenades, K. 375 (in E-flat major) and K. 388 (in C minor). Both of these pieces are scored for the same octet, and both are dramatic, intense, and virtuosic, going well beyond the serenade’s reputation as an “entertainment” genre. The program closes with Charles-François Gounod’s Petite Symphonie, a nineteenth century homage to the Mozartian wind octet; Gounod adds a single flute to the mix, performed here by Artistic Director Adrian Spence.
Dates (2017)
Wednesday, January 18 | 7:30 PM, San Marino
Thursday, January 19 | 8 PM, Los Angeles
Friday, January 20 | 7:30 PM, Santa Barbara
Sunday, January 22 | 3 PM, Ventura
Program
Josef Myslive?ek – Wind Octet No. 3 in B-flat Major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388
Mozart – Serenade for Winds in E-flat Major, K. 375
Charles-François Gounod – Petite Symphonie
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