The Nash Ensemble, acclaimed for its adventurous programming and virtuoso performances, presents works from Haydn to the avant-garde, and is a major contributor towards the recognition and promotion of contemporary composers.

Dukas Villanelle for French horn and piano
Saint-Saëns Bassoon Sonata
Dutilleux Oboe Sonata
Debussy Syrinx
Poulenc Flute Sonata
Messiaen Extract from Catalogue d’Oiseaux
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Poulenc Sextet

Nash Ensemble

The Nash Ensemble has received many accolades, including two Royal Philharmonic Society Awards in the chamber music category. This programme features the individual instrumentalists one by one, illustrating the unparalleled richness of wind music that has come out of France, where the tradition of writing for the woodwinds is taken very seriously. The evening culminates in Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin for winds and the ensemble performing as a whole in Poulenc’s popular Sextet.

Other concerts in the Leeds International Concert Season's French Impressions series curated by Emma Johnson:
Emma Johnson & Jean Marie Cottet
Chloë Hanslip & Charles Owen
Pascal Rogé
Schubert Ensemble
Peter Donohoe & Martin Roscoe, Contempo Quartet, Emma Johnson & Chris West

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