Mortensen: Wind Quintet, Op. 4 / Holmboe: Notturno, Op. 19 / Poulenc: Sextet for Piano

Featuring

Sanfrid Schön
Wincent Lindgren
Sten Pettersson
Eric Schleiffer
Albert Linder
Eva Knardahl

Gothenburg Wind Quintet
Finn Mortensen
Vagn Holmboe
Jan Carlstedt
Erkki Salmenhaara
Francis Poulenc

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Composition History

Vagn Holmboe was asked to compose Notturno by a young, new wind quintet in Copenhagen that needed repertoire.

Composition History

Vagn Holmboe's Notturno, originally titled 'Music for Five winds,' was composed in February 1940, immediately before the German invasion of Denmark.

Compositional Technique

Erkki Salmenhaara's Wind Quintet shows the influence of Ligeti, using a generous texture of sound fields, but also incorporates traditional melodic and motivic elements.

Composition History

Jan Carlstedt's Sinfonietta for five wind players was composed in 1959 at the request of the wind Quintet 54.

Composition History

Erkki Salmenhaara's Wind Quintet was commissioned by the Crusell Quartet, who gave its first performance at the Nordic Chamber Music Festival in Hässelby in 1964.

Composer Biography

Francis Poulenc, born in 1899, studied composition with Charles Koechlin and gained attention for his rapid succession of compositions after his debut in 1917.

Compositional Technique

Jan Carlstedt's Sinfonietta for five wind players grows from a core motif of five notes, presented in the flute's introductory solo and reappearing throughout the work.