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Repertoire & Availability

Program Offerings for 2012/13

Program 1:

Franz Danzi (1763-1826):  Quintet in F-major op .68, No. 2
Kalevi Aho (*1949):  Windquintet (2006)
--intermission--
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):  La cheminée du roi René
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931):  Quintet in A major op. 43

 

Program 2:

Anton Reicha (1770-1836):  Quintet in E flat major op. 88, No. 2
Pavel Haas (1899-1944):  Quintet op. 10
--intermission--
Johan Kvandal (1919-1999):  Quintet op. 34
Joseph Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951):  Quintet in D major op.  95

 

Program 3:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):  Three Fantasies for mechanical organ K.594 - K.616 - K.608
arranged for wind quintet by Michael Hasel
Pavel Haas (1899-1944):  Quintet op. 10
--intermission--
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962):  Trois pièces brèves
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):  La cheminée du roi René
Jean Francaix (1912-1997):  Quintet No.1

 

Notes:  the members of the quintet describe Aho’s music as “powerful and intense, a very strong piece”, and consider Kvandal’s style “very much like Shostakovich, if he had composed a wind quintet”.  Foerster’s quintet is in the romantic style.