Please join us for the Cape Ann Symphony Woodwind Quintet and pianist Kathleen Forgac, presenting musical fantasies and works inspired by myths, legends and lore. This program will explore the magical sounds of the woodwind quintet and then showcase each of the instruments alone featuring works by Nielson, Poulenc, Mouquet, Debussy and others.
The music
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Jules MouquetPan and the Shepherd (flute and piano)
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Carl NielsenFantasy for Clarinet
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DebussyLa danse de Puck and Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses (piano)
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Wayne BarlowWinter's Passed (oboe and piano)
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Malcolm ArnoldFantasy for Bassoon
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Mike KeeganGloach Horn (solo horn)
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PoulencSextet (winds and piano)
On stage tonight
- Stephanie Stathos flute
- Izumi Sakamoto oboe
- William Kirkley clarinet
- Sam Childers bassoon
- Michael Bellofatto horn
Stephanie Stathos earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance from Boston University’s School for the Arts where she was a student of Doriot Anthony Dwyer. She currently holds the principal flute position with the Cape Ann Symphony and the piccolo position with the Lexington Symphony. Stephanie has been the featured soloist with the Cape Ann Symphony on numerous occasions, most recently in 2023. From 2003-2013 she served as the piccolo and second flute with the touring orchestra of the National Lyric Opera of New York. As a soloist Stephanie has performed throughout the United States and Europe, recently performing Cimarosa’s Concerto for Two Flutes with the Orchestra Del Concentus Musicus Patavinus in Padua, Italy. An active freelancer and chamber musician appearances include performances with many of New England’s ensembles including Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Symphony New Hampshire, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Concord Chorale (NH), Newburyport Choral Society, North Shore Chamber Music, and with vocalist Catherine Hammond, with whom she has done two recordings. Also passionate about jazz, New Music and World Music she has toured and recorded for the Green Linnet label with Argentinean vocalist Mili Bermejo and jazz ensemble Orange Then Blue