The Tailleferre Ensemble has recently released their world premiere recording of Sonate champêtre by Germaine Tailleferre. Their Conway Hall programme, showcasing groups of varying sizes from solo piano up to a sextet, features works by all of the members of Les Six, setting the music of their namesake in context. Poulenc’s much-loved Sextet is perhaps the most well-known work here, but music of the lesser-known Auric, Honegger, Milhaud will complete the picture of the colourful musical world the group inhabited.

Emma Halnan (flute)
Nicola Hands & Penelope Smith (oboes)
Jennifer Dunsmore (clarinet)
Amy Thompson (bassoon)
Anna Drysdale (horn)
Lana Bode (piano)

Programme:

Auric | Trio for oboe, clarinet & bassoon
Milhaud | Sonata for flute, oboe, clarinet & piano Op.47
Tailleferre | Sonate Champêtre
Honegger | Sarabande for ‘L’album des six’ H.26
Tailleferre | Chorale et Deux Variations
Durey | Divertissement for oboe, clarinet & bassoon Op.107
Poulenc | Sextet FP100