Leoš Janáček, a Moravian composer, became internationally famous for his operas in the 1920s, relatively late in his life, and studied and collected Bohemian-Moravian folk music.
Composition History
Pavel Haas, a Jewish composer and student of Leoš Janáček, composed his Wind Quintet, Op. 10 in 1929, before his imprisonment and murder in Auschwitz during the Holocaust.
Performer Biography
The Acelga Quintett, founded in 2012, quickly became a leading wind quintet of its generation, winning a scholarship from the German Music Council and third prize at the 2014 ARD Music Competition.
Composition History
Alexander von Zemlinsky's Humoreske for Wind Quintet, his last composition, was written in 1939 in the USA to alleviate financial distress after he emigrated due to the circumstances of 1938.
Composer Biography
Josef Bohuslav Foerster, a Prague-born composer from an old East Bohemian musical family, was an important figure in Czech music, befriended Gustav Mahler, and served as a composition professor and music critic in Vienna.
Album & Artwork
The album title "Bohemia" refers both to an unconventional artistic existence and to the historical region where a long tradition of wind music exists.
Performer Biography
All five members of the Acelga Quintett hold positions in prestigious German orchestras and are also active as soloists.
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