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Sarah Walker presents the last programme of highlights from the 2019 Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

Chausson and Schoenberg wrote their works in today's programme within twelve months of each other, and while both address 'Love', Chausson laments the loss, while Schoenberg reconciles the two parties involved during a moonlit walk in Vienna's woods.

We start with another unfamiliar piece by a not so familiar composer. Charles Koechlin is perhaps best remembered for orchestrating Debussy's ballet 'Khamma' and numerous works for flute, but is no household name. In her time Jean Harlow was known all over the world as a Hollywood femme fatale, nicknamed the 'Blonde Bombshell', but she died tragically young at the age of just 26 after less than 5 years in the limelight.

And we end where we started the week with jean Francaix's irrepressible wit and a contribution on the traditional Chinese instrument, the Pipa from its' virtuoso Wu Man.

Charles Koechlin
脡pitaphe de Jean Harlow, Op 164
Amy Dickson, saxophone
Sally Walker, flute
Charles Owen, piano

Chausson
Chanson perp茅tuelle, Op 37
Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano
Kathryn Stott, piano
Alexandra Conunova, violin
Elizabeth Layton, violin
Thomas Chawner, viola
Svetlana Bogosavljevic, cello

Schoenberg
Verkl盲rte Nacht , Op 4
Liza Ferschtman, violin
Alexandra Conunova, violin
Jennifer Stumm, viola
Thomas Chawner, viola
Johannes Moser, cello
Svetlana Bogosavljevic, cello

Jean Fran莽aix
Cinques Danses exotiques
Amy Dickson, alto saxophone
Aura Go, piano

Traditional Chinese
Yao Dance
Wu Man, pipa
Ruth Wall, harp
Robert Oetomo, percussion