Elsa Barraine (1910 - 1999): Ouvrage de Dame for Wind Quintet

The Wild Prairie Winds perform Elsa Barraine's Ouvrage de Dame for Wind Quintet. Recorded live at the Coralville Center of Performing Arts.
Composed in 1937, this work is programmatic in nature with each movement evoking a personality or character.
I. Angelique (semplice)
II. Berthe (Allegro)
III. Irene (Sinuous)
IV. Barbe (Fugato Burlesque)
V. Sarah (Vivaccisimo)
VI. Isabeau
VII. Leocadie (Sentimental, old maid of olden times)
VIII. Finale (Allegro)
There is a wide variance of character between these "dames" that we hope you can hear. Elsa Barraine was a French composer and awarded the Grand Prix de Rome in 1929 among many other accomplishments.
Funding for this recording was made possible thanks to the Johnson County Community Foundation. We hope that these videos will increase awareness of underperformed works within the wind quintet canon.
Ken Duncan, Ad Market Productions, Inc - Audio Engineer
Matthew Halbert - Video Engineer
Daniela Volkovinsky, flute
Jenna Sehmann, oboe
Kim Cassisa, clarinet
Katey Halbert, horn
Shawn Seguin, bassoon