Music inspired by breath & song featuring Indian-American composer Reena Esmail's “Saans” (”Breath” in Hindi), Mozart, Schubert, & Haydn.
Breath: Concert 3 of Oak Hill Music Festival (OHMF) 2022
Music inspired by breath and song. We feature Mozart’s quintet for piano and winds, as well as Schubert’s famous “Death and the Maiden” string quartet. The titular piece, “Saans” (”Breath” in Hindi), is a gorgeous piano trio by Indian-American composer Reena Esmail, whose work brings together the idioms of Western and Hindustani classical music.
Concert Program and Details
Reena Esmail Saans (Breath) (2017)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quintet in Eb for Piano and Winds (1784)
INTERMISSION
Franz Joseph Haydn Divertimento a tre (1767)
Franz Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810, “Death and the Maiden” (1824)
Instrumentation
piano, violin, viola, cello, bassoon, oboe, clarinet and horn
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