In his Wind Quintet No. 1, Kalevi Aho uses techniques like unison passages, reduced textures, and instruments playing offstage to address the challenges of balancing the diverse timbres of wind instruments.
Performer Biography
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, founded in 1988 during Herbert von Karajan's era, was the first permanently established wind quintet in the Berlin Philharmonic's chamber music tradition.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Kalevi Aho's work primarily focuses on large-scale orchestral, chamber, and vocal compositions, including five operas, seventeen symphonies, and twenty-eight concertos.
Interpretation
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet aims to encourage other ensembles to perform Kalevi Aho's challenging wind quintets, hoping this recording will help include these works in the repertoire.
Composer Biography
Kalevi Aho studied composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Einojuhani Rautavaara and later in Berlin with Boris Blacher.
Composition History
Kalevi Aho's Wind Quintet No. 2 was commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic Foundation after the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet had performed his First Quintet over twenty times.
Composer Biography
Kalevi Aho, one of Finland's leading contemporary composers, began studying violin and composing at the age of ten in his hometown of Forssa.
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