LINCOLN CENTER
Alice Tully Hall
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Reicha - Quintet in D major for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn, Op. 91, No. 3 (1817-19)
Mozart - Quintet in E-flat major for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano, K. 452 (1784)
Barber - Summer Music for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn, Op. 31 (1955)
Ligeti - Six Bagatelles for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn (1953)
Françaix - L’heure du berger for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano (1947)
"The Hungarian György Ligeti was one of the 20th century’s greatest musical innovators. His effervescent Six Bagatelles for wind quintet connected the music of his great influence, Bartók, to the language of the future. This outstanding collection of internationally-renowned wind players, joined by pianist Michael Brown, offers wind ensemble classics of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries."
Listen to the Mozart Quintet with the score...
"Every season at CMS we look forward to hearing our extraordinary collection of wind instrumentalists, from frequent season artists to guest artists, performing either as featured individuals in small ensembles, or as groups of winds such as you will hear in today’s concert. In all cases, the unique timbres and expressive possibilities of these instruments augment the sonic palette of our art form in marvelous and refreshing ways.
Although ensembles such as the string quartet have been at the forefront of chamber music’s evolution since the 18th century, the presence of wind instruments in small ensembles dates back to the Baroque age. One has only to recall the casts of the Brandenburg Concertos of Bach to realize how much the sounds of the oboe, the flute, the bassoon, French horn, and even the piccolo trumpet added to the dimension of those works. During the Classical era, the improvements in wind technology enabled those instruments to keep full pace with the already-advanced strings and keyboards, and allowed composers such as Mozart to take full advantage of them.
Our program today showcases wind repertoire separated by centuries and continents alike. The opening work, by the Czech-born Anton Reicha, is one of 25 wind quintets he composed, making him history’s front- runner in the development of the ensemble. After intermission we jump to America in 1955 for Samuel Barber’s Summer Music, one of the most delightful works ever composed for wind quintet. The Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet by the Hungarian György Ligeti captured our Milestone designation for this program as they show just how far this versatile ensemble has evolved since its early days. And of course, it was a tough call not to award this Milestone award to Mozart for his Quintet for Piano and Winds, which was the first of its kind and inspired Beethoven to compose his own a decade later. Mozart, however, composed so many first-of-its-kind works that he was never in danger of being unappreciated in this season’s survey of the Milestones of our art. Come back on April 3 to hear his Piano Quartet in G minor."
Listen to the Mozart Quintet with the score...
"Every season at CMS we look forward to hearing our extraordinary collection of wind instrumentalists, from frequent season artists to guest artists, performing either as featured individuals in small ensembles, or as groups of winds such as you will hear in today’s concert. In all cases, the unique timbres and expressive possibilities of these instruments augment the sonic palette of our art form in marvelous and refreshing ways.
Although ensembles such as the string quartet have been at the forefront of chamber music’s evolution since the 18th century, the presence of wind instruments in small ensembles dates back to the Baroque age. One has only to recall the casts of the Brandenburg Concertos of Bach to realize how much the sounds of the oboe, the flute, the bassoon, French horn, and even the piccolo trumpet added to the dimension of those works. During the Classical era, the improvements in wind technology enabled those instruments to keep full pace with the already-advanced strings and keyboards, and allowed composers such as Mozart to take full advantage of them.
Our program today showcases wind repertoire separated by centuries and continents alike. The opening work, by the Czech-born Anton Reicha, is one of 25 wind quintets he composed, making him history’s front- runner in the development of the ensemble. After intermission we jump to America in 1955 for Samuel Barber’s Summer Music, one of the most delightful works ever composed for wind quintet. The Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet by the Hungarian György Ligeti captured our Milestone designation for this program as they show just how far this versatile ensemble has evolved since its early days. And of course, it was a tough call not to award this Milestone award to Mozart for his Quintet for Piano and Winds, which was the first of its kind and inspired Beethoven to compose his own a decade later. Mozart, however, composed so many first-of-its-kind works that he was never in danger of being unappreciated in this season’s survey of the Milestones of our art. Come back on April 3 to hear his Piano Quartet in G minor."
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