A chamber-sized “Le Tombeau de Couperin” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 you’ll hear Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin played by wind quintet and Schubert’s “Rosamunde” String Quartet on “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center”. At 8:00 it’s music from the French Baroque on “Early Music Now”.

Sunday March 17: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS 18-25)

Musically Inspired    

Ravel:   Le tombeau de Couperin for Wind Quintet (arr. Mason Jones) Sooyun Kim, Flute; James Austin Smith, Oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, Clarinet; Marc Goldberg, Bassoon; Eric Reed, Horn

Schubert:  Quartet in A minor for Strings, D. 804, Op. 29, No. 1, “Rosamunde”. Escher String Quartet

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Early Music Now (EMN 18-38)

Le Goût Français

French music is always in good taste, and this week's program showcases works by Baroque composers Lully, Rameau, and Muffat, among others, with performances by Elisabeth Ullmann, Musica Antiqua Köln, and Les Talents Lyriques.

François Couperin: Les Barricades Mystérieuses. Blandine Verlet, harpsichord

Henry Du Mont: O dulcissima. Ensemble Correspondance

Jean-Baptiste Lully: Suite from ‘Phaeton’. Tafelmusik

Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe: Le Retour. Christoph Coin & Jordi Savall, violas da gamba

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Cinquieme Concert. Les Talents Lyriques

Georg Muffat: Ciacona. Elisabeth Ullmann, organ

Jean-Baptiste Lully: Marche pour la ceremonie des Turcs. Le Concert des Nations