WindFest: Chamber Music Series

Distinctive voices and rich timbral blends take center stage as WindFest brings a celebrated lineup of artists from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to Newman Recital Hall.

Part of the Frost Music Live 2025–2026 Signature Series, WindFest: Chamber Music Series showcases flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, oboist Juri Vallentin, clarinetist David Shifrin, bassoonist Peter Kolkay, horn player David Byrd-Marrow and pianist Michael Stephen Brown. The program explores the vibrant color palette of wind instruments through both full quintet and smaller ensemble works, ranging from Klughardt’s lyrical Quintet in C major to Jolivet’s incisive Sonatine for Oboe and Bassoon. The evening concludes with Louise Farrenc’s Sextet in C minor, a 19th-century showpiece that unites wind textures with dynamic piano virtuosity.