MDR Chamber Concerts: "Windspiel"

Franz Danzi:
Wind Quintet in G minor, Op. 56 No. 2
Maurice Ravel:
“Le Tombeau de Couperin” Arrangement for wind quintet based on the orchestral version by Mason Jones
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20 for violin, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, horn and bassoon

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This concert brings together diverse approaches to compositions for wind ensembles, resulting in an ambitious sonic experience. Franz Danzi's primary intention was to establish a fondness for the genre among music lovers of his time. Beethoven's Septet (as a chamber music masterpiece), despite its status as an occasional composition, unintentionally influenced the style of subsequent generations. And in Maurice Ravel's autobiographical sketch, we find the note that the homage to Tombeau is directed "less to Couperin alone than to 18th-century French music."