Weekend Concert Series

Imani Winds with Terrence Wilson, Piano

Sunday, October 29, 2023
1:30 pm
CALDERWOOD HALL

PROGRAM

Louise Farrenc - Sextet in C minor, Op. 40 (1852)
Francis Poulenc - Sextet for Piano and Winds (1939)
Lalo Schifrin - La Nouvelle Orleans (1987)
Paquito D’Rivera - La Fleur de Cayenne (2014)
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Jeff Scott) - Oblivion (1982)
Marcelo Zarvos - "Quase Choro" from Changes, Sextet for Winds & Piano (2003)

Imani Winds returns to the Gardner with renowned pianist Terrence Wilson in a concert of modern and contemporary works, half of which are by living composers. We’ll hear Poulenc’s jazzy Sextet, a landmark piece for wind ensemble, in addition to a variety of rhythmic forms, including salsa, the Venezuelan dance form joropo, tango, milonga, and Brazilian folk rhythms.

The Imani Winds are

Brandon Patrick George, flute
Toyin Spellman-Diaz, oboe
Mark Dover, clarinet
Kevin Newton, french horn
Monica Ellis, bassoon

Imani Winds, Photographer: Shervin Lainez.

Terrence Wilson, Piano, Photographer: J. Henry Fair.

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Hemenway & Barnes LLP is the lead corporate sponsor of the Weekend Concert Series. The Museum thanks its generous concert donors: The Coogan Concert in memory of Peter Weston Coogan; Fitzpatrick Family Concert; James Lawrence Memorial Concert; Alford P. Rudnick Memorial Concert; David Scudder in memory of his wife, Marie Louise Scudder; Wendy Shattuck Young Artist Concert; and Willona Sinclair Memorial Concert. The piano is dedicated as the Alex d’Arbeloff Steinway. The harpsichord was generously donated by Dr. Robert Barstow in memory of Marion Huse, and its care is endowed in memory of Dr. Barstow by The Barstow Fund. Music at the Gardner is also supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which is supported by the state of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.