EUROPEAN MASTERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY Tuesday 11 April 6pm, Salon PRESENTED BY Melbourne Recital Centre & The Melbourne Ensemble ARTISTS The Melbourne Ensemble David Thomas clarinet Jack Schiller bassoon Saul Lewis horn Kristian Chong piano Freya Franzen violin Lauren Brigden viola Caleb Wright viola Rachael Tobin cello Stephen Newton bass PROGRAM Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971) Septet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin, viola & cello I Quarter Note = 88 II Passacaglia III Gigue Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963) Sonata for clarinet & bassoon I Allegro II Romance III Final

Paul Hindemith (1895 – 1963) Octet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, 2 violas, cello & double bass I Breit - Mäßig schnell [Broadly, moderately fast] II Varianten: Mäßig bewegt [Variants with movement] III Langsam [Slow] IV Sehr lebhaft [Very lively] V Fuge und drei altmodische Tänze: Walzer, Polka, Galopp [Fugue & three old-fashioned dances: Waltz, Polka and Galop] ABOUT THE ARTISTS The Melbourne Ensemble was formed in 2016 from members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with a shared enthusiasm for chamber music. The Ensemble’s makeup is taken from the tradition of wind and string writing in the 19th century; namely Schubert’s Octet and Beethoven’s Septet. In the Ensemble’s inaugural year, the group performed for enthusiastic audiences in the Lyrebird Music Society’s chamber music series, the Woodend Winter Arts Festival and in the Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre.

Melbourne Recital Centre acknowledges the people of the Kulin nation on whose land this concert is being presented.

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