French Accents
https://cso.org.au/concerts/french-accents

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2026 Chamber Series

CSO wind virtuosos step into the spotlight.

An ever-changing musical kaleidoscope suffused with joy and affection. You’ll hear Mozart and Poulenc at their self-declared best and all four composers are writing music for instruments they adored, playing to their strengths.

Mozart’s Quintet was an experiment: a concerto for piano and winds that won him ‘extraordinary applause’ at its first performance. But despite the virtuoso piano part and brilliant wind writing inspired by the orchestras he’d heard in Paris and Mannheim, this is chamber music at heart – intended for his Viennese friends.

At the other end of the program is Poulenc with music from 1920s Paris. The language is different but the spirit is the same: engaging and fun. Poulenc’s Trio is a joy to perform, and just as delightful to hear. We stay in Paris for Tomasi’s ‘Countryside Concerto’ – a lively 1930s vision of dancing in the gardens of Versailles. Tailleferre, the only female member of Les Six, is our third Parisian, represented by a dreamy Romance for solo piano.

PROGRAM

Francis Poulenc 
Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon

Henri Tomasi 
Concert champêtre for oboe, clarinet and bassoon

Germaine Tailleferre 
Romance for piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, K.452

ARTISTS

CSO Wind Quartet

Edward Neeman piano
 

When

2:00 pm Sunday 6 September 2026

Duration

Approximately 1 hour

Where

National Gallery of Australia (Gandel Hall)

Accessibility

Ticket prices

TypePriceAdult$49 - 58Concession (means-tested pensioner, full time students)$44 - 51Under 35$35Student rush$16

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