Antonin Dvorak:
Violin Sonatina, Op. 100

Camille Saint-Saens:
Bassoon Sonata, Op. 168

Francis Poulenc:
Oboe Sonata

Joseph Ryelandt:
Oboe Sonatina, Op. 28

Friedrich Kuhlau:
Variations on the Irish folksong ‘The Last Rose of Summer’, Op. 105

In the slipstream of changing times, inspiration swirls. That, at least, is suggested by the sheer amount of music born from conclusions – the close of a season, the expiration of life, the lapse of an era, the evaporation of a dream.

5 composers, 5 works, 5 stories: an ode to exquisite endings.