Elliot, Sowerby & Prokofiev
CSO Sessions - Episodes • 06-May-2021
This varied program of 20th-century music features two works by Prokofiev, both originally intended for ballets: an idiosyncratic quintet, scored for the unusual combination of oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and bass, which evokes a circus setting while still maintaining the composer's signature elegance and wit, plus an encore presentation of the rapturous and romantic Suite from Romeo and Juliet. Rounding out the program are a pair of rarely performed works by Willard Elliot and Leo Sowerby.
PROGRAM
PROKOFIEV Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Bass, Op. 39
ELLIOT Two Sketches for Woodwind Quintet
SOWERBY Woodwind Quintet
PROKOFIEV (arr. Tarkmann) Suite from Romeo and Juliet
SPONSORS
Sponsorship support for CSO Sessions is generously provided by the Zell Family Foundation; an anonymous donor; Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund; JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation; the Julian Family Foundation, in honor of Cristina Rocca; Cynthia M. Sargent; Megan and Steve Shebik; Betty W. Smykal; TAWANI Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; ITW, and PNC.
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