Wind soloists from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra explore music from Poulenc, Ravel and Françaix, with their conductor Maxim Emelyanychev on piano. 

Francis Poulenc’s chamber music is a beguiling mix of lyrical and frenetic, sombre and playful. Written the year before he died, the sonatas for oboe and clarinet take an occasionally melancholic look back at his musical life, quoting from both early and more recent works. The famous Flute Sonata retains its power to charm, yet is infused with memories of a lost loved one. In contrast, the much earlier Sextet bursts out of the blocks with astonishing, effervescent energy. 

Dazzling piano music from Maurice Ravel and Jean Françaix’s bustling ‘Musique de Brasserie’ – a vivid portrait of a busy Parisian restaurant – add to this enthralling, colourful, and thoroughly French concert.  

Multibuy Offer

Elevate your August mornings. Buy tickets for three or more morning concerts at The Queen’s Hall and get 20% off. Excludes top price tickets (price bands A and J) and concessions.

What to expect at The Queen's Hall

Tune out the outside world and let morning recitals encircle you in rich concentration. This is the atmosphere where world-class chamber music thrives. 

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