See/Hear

The thing I like best is the birth of a new work, from the moment within the process that a certainty of direction manifests and the work begins to form personality and write itself, to its launch into the world.
– Valerie Coleman

Our program this week features three brilliant works performed by the virtuosos of the Arcturus Quintet, including music by French composers Jean Francaix and Claude-Paul Taffanel, and American flutist/composer Valerie Coleman.

Claude-Paul Taffanel: Wind Quintet
Jean Françaix: Wind Quintet No. 1
Valerie Coleman: Tzigane

Joe Berger, horn
Martha Long, flute
James Shields, clarinet
Steve Vacchi, bassoon
Karen Wagner, oboe