Igor Stravinsky’s classic Octet for wind instruments (including two bassoons), came to the composer in a dream. As we celebrate its 100th birthday in 2023, the octet is anything but dreamy: it prattles and prances with the best of them.

Program

Igor Stravinsky, Octet (1923)

Per Nörgard, Wie ein Kind (Like a Child) (1980)

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Franz Schubert,  Octet (1824)

Artists

Luminescence Chamber Singers

Quatuor Van Kuijk

Sally Walker, flute

Oliver Shermacher, clarinet

Ben Hoadley and Zoey Pepper, bassoon

Fletcher Cox, trumpet

Joel Walmsley, trumpet

Jackson Bankovic, trombone

Aidan Gabriels, horn

Max McBride, double bass

Paolo Franks, trombone