Summer Festival: Winds of Change

Presented by Music@Menlo

Sebastian Manz, clarinet

Music@Menlo's 2025 festival explores the different instrumental 'constellations' of chamber music. Moving from intimate duos to orchestral octets, seven concert programs feature over forty world-renowned artists. 

This lively program features the wind quintet as a centerpiece of chamber music, with works by Charles Martin Loeffler and Ludwig Thuille. Renowned German clarinetist Sebastian Manz makes a Music@Menlo debut, joined by flutist Tara Helen O’Connor. 

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Program Items

Ludwig van Beethoven Quintet in E-flat major for Piano and Winds, op. 16
Felix Mendelssohn Concert Piece no. 1 in F minor for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano, op. 113
Charles Martin Loeffler Rhapsody no. 1 for Oboe, Viola, and Piano, L’étang
W. A. Mozart Arias for Woodwind Quintet
Ludwig Thuille Sextet in B-flat major for Piano and Winds, op. 6

Performers

Jake Thonis bassoon
James Austin Smith oboe
Michael Stephen Brown piano
Sahun Sam Hong piano
Hyeyeon Park piano
Sebastian Manz clarinet
James Thompson viola
Kevin Rivard horn
Tara Helen O'Connor flute