Details
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England
Programme
Michael Berkeley – Re-Inventions
Crawford Seeger – Suite for wind quintet
Patrick John Jones – New work (London première)
Hans Nielsen – Wind Quintet Op. 43
Programme Note
Patrick John Jones - New work (London première)
*Co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with support from donors to the Musically Gifted campaign, and by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation
The great Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s fondness for wind instruments relates closely to his love of nature. He was inspired to write his Wind Quintet after hearing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for four winds; likewise, Michael Berkeley turned to past models for his Re-Inventions, based on the famous two-part Inventions of JS Bach.
The programme includes the première of a new work by Patrick John Jones, the winner of OPUS2014, Britten Sinfonia and Wigmore Hall’s open call for submissions from unpublished UK composers.
Related concerts
This event is part of the following series:
Contemporary Music Series Britten Sinfonia At Lunch