Poulenc
T. Lonquich, Fossi, MidtVest Ensemble

Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet

Matteo Fossi, piano

MidtVest Ensemble

Charlotte Norholt, flute

Peter Kirstein, oboe

Yavor Petkov, bassoon

Neil Page, horn

Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)

Septet for Winds and Piano

20’ | Admission with museum ticket

It is the MidtVest Ensemble, together with Tommaso Lonquich and Matteo Fossi, that brings to the stage one of the great chamber masterpieces of twentieth-century French music.

Francis Poulenc’s Septet for Winds and Piano, composed between 1932 and 1939, reveals an extraordinary artistic depth: Parisian spirit, sophisticated humour, and a subtle melancholy that runs through every musical phrase.

The Septet brings together flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, and piano in a tight and brilliant dialogue. Poulenc, a master of balance between lightness and depth, builds an unmistakable language, blending neoclassical echoes with surprising harmonic inventions.

A work that will captivate the audience of the magnificent Sala dei Cavalli from the very first listening.

Text by Federica Mastantuono