Nielsen, C. / Farkas / Ibert / Arnold: Music for Wind Quintet
4/30/1992, 14 Tracks, 49:40
Featuring
Lars Hagström
Solveig Fagéus
Krister Andersson
Lennart Åkermark
Bengt Johansson
Frösunda Wind Quintet
Carl August Nielsen
Ferenc Farkas
Jacques Ibert
Malcolm Arnold
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Composition History
Ferenc Farkas, a Hungarian composer and pedagogue, based his Antique Hungarian Dances for wind quintet on 18th-century dances that Hungarians used to emphasize their identity during civil wars and invasions.
Composer Biography
Carl Nielsen, a Danish composer, was considered a controversial figure, with some finding his music dry and others praising its power and originality.
Compositional Technique
In the Prelude of Nielsen's Wind Quintet, the oboe is exchanged for a cor anglais, a decision made after Nielsen heard the cor anglais solo in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
Composer Biography
Sir Malcolm Arnold, a British composer, was an orchestral trumpeter, mainly with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, before studying composition in Italy and becoming a conductor and composer.
Composition History
Jacques Ibert's Three Short Pieces for Wind Quintet is an extract from his theatre music for the play 'Le Stratagème des Rouds' by Constantin Weyer.
Performer Biography
The Friisunda Wind Quintet, founded in 1975 by students from the Stockholm College of Music, won first prize at a Nordic chamber ensemble competition in Helsinki in 1976.
Composition History
Nielsen's Wind Quintet was inspired by a rehearsal of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, particularly its variations movement where each instrument showcased its character.
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