Locust Street Winds

Emily DeNucci, flute • Ben Price, oboe • Tzu-Yi Yu, clarinet, Diego Peña, bassoon • Marcus Shaw, horn

Join five stellar players from the Curtis Institute of Music for a dazzling concert that champions the versatility and unique palette of the woodwind quintet. The program is a rich journey across centuries and styles, united by the instrumentation and the opportunity for brilliant chamber music performance: from the serene, languid beauty of Samuel Barber's Summer Music, to the classical grace of Haydn’s St. Anthony Chorale. These cornerstones of the wind ensemble tradition are complemented by Paul Taffanel's virtuosic Quintette and Valerie Coleman's passionate, Eastern European-inspired showpiece, Tzigane.

SAMUEL BARBER Summer Music
JOSEF HAYDN St. Anthony Chorale
PAUL TAFFANEL Quintette
VALERIE COLEMAN Tzigane

Park Avenue Chamber Ensemble

April 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Marc Rovetti and Christine Lim, violins; Burchard Tang and Kirsten Johnson, violas; Amy Sue Barston and Priscilla Lee, cellos

Park Avenue Concerts concluded its 2024–25 season with a performance of Brahms’ Sextet in G major, a work powerful in its scope and intensity. We are now pleased to present its companion, the Sextet in B-flat major, Op. 18, one of Brahms’ most radiant chamber works. Written in the composer’s early years, the B-flat Sextet combines youthful exuberance with the structural mastery for which Brahms would become renowned.

This performance will again feature distinguished musicians from The Philadelphia Orchestra, joining Park Avenue Concerts’ director, cellist Amy Sue Barston, in a collaboration that continues our tradition of bringing world-class artistry to our community.

LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN: Duet with Two Obligatory Eyeglasses
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Sextet in B-flat Major

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