7
Primavera, Op. 156
Charles Koechlin · 1867–1950 · French
For flute, harp, violin, viola, cello
Also known as Primavera Quintet · Quintette Primavera
Level 7 · Diploma — about DipABRSM / ATCL · RCM ARCT, with the parts evenly matched
Listen
- Ensemble
- Strings & winds
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 14 min
- Composed
- 1936
- Era
- Late Romantic
Notes
Quintet for flute, harp, violin, viola and cello in four movements; first published in 1985
About this work
- Composed
- 1936 (February−April 22)
- First performed
- 10 June 1943 in a private performance by Ensemble Pierre Jamet chez Mme Amos; Pierre Jamet (harp), Gaston Crunelle (flute), René Bas (violin), Étienne Ginot (viola), Marcel Frécheville (cello) 14 March 1944 in a public performance by Ensemble Pierre Jamet; Concerts du Groupe Parisien, École Normale de Musique
- Allegro quasi allegretto
- Adagio
- Intermezzo
- Final