Art & Culture

Chamber Music III — Intimacy & Universality

Poulenc's wind sextet, then Schubert's String Quintet, the greatest chamber work ever written.

Poulenc's Sextet for winds and piano is the sound of Paris between the wars, all wit and sudden tenderness, played here by the State Orchestra of Athens wind quintet with Alexei Volodin at the piano. Then the second half is Schubert's String Quintet in C, D. 956, which a lot of musicians will tell you is simply the finest piece of chamber music in existence, written weeks before he died. Two cellos, and that slow movement. Bring someone you like. 21:00, €15.