Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet Wins a High Five
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Returning to the Carlsen Center for a fourth performance, members of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet are familiar to audiences for their virtuosity as well as their charm. The fab-five of woodwinds win audiences with their expressive sound, diverse program and playful showmanship.
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet performs at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, in Polsky Theatre of the Carlsen Center for the Performing Arts, Johnson County Community College. Artist Insights begin at 7 p.m.
The program will be Franz Danzi, Quintet F-Major, Op. 68, No. 2, Paul Taffanel, Quintet g-minor; Samuel Barber, Summer Music; and Jean Francaix Quintet No. 2. Founded in 1988, the Quintet boasts its original membership – flutist Michael Hasel, oboist Andreas Wittmann, clarinetist Walter Seyfarth, bassoonist Henning Trog, all of Germany, and horn player Fergus McWilliam, Scotland. The Quintet is the first permanently established wind quintet drawn from players of Germany’s finest orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, known for its fine tradition of chamber music.
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet continues to gain the admiration of audiences worldwide with its tonal spectrum and precise unity. While each member of the Quintet is a master of his own instrument, the ensemble sound is blended, balanced and complementary.
Many listeners agree that the five have succeeded in virtually redefining the sound of the classic wind quintet. Their repertoire covers not only the entire spectrum of the wind quintet literature but includes works for enlarged ensembles, such as the sextets of Janácek and Reinicke or the septets of Hindemith and Koechlin. The Quintet collaborates with pianists such as Lars Vogt, Stephen Hough, Jon Nakamatsu and Lilya Zilbertsein.
In addition to concert appearances throughout Europe, North and South America, Israel, Australia and the Far East, members of Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet are popular guests at international festivals. Their radio and television productions are broadcast internationally and their numerous CD recordings for the Swedish label BIS have received worldwide acclaim. In recent years, members of the Quintet have intensified their teaching and coaching roles with youth. They give chamber music workshops and instrumental instruction in many countries.
Tickets are $30, available by calling 913-469-4445 or online at www.jccc.edu/CarlsenCenter.
As part of the Carlsen Center Arts Education program, the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet will have a wind instruments master class for serious intermediate and advanced music students of all ages Oct. 12. For more information, call Angel Mercier, Arts Education program director, 913-469-8500, ext. 4221.
