Concert II
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Friday, October 21, 2011 - 7:30 pm
Primary Sponsor: Penny Lee Austin & Alan
Bergstrom
Associate Sponsors: Jon & JoAnn Harbaugh, Lewis & Nancy
Owen, Anne Decker/Ilana Rubenfeld,
Ai & Bryon DeVore/Linda Harris & Mark
Jacobs, Ann Macrory & Ralph Temple/Anita & Russy Sumariwalla
Evening Series
Friday, October 21, 2011 · 7:30 pm
- Anton Reicha
- Wind Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 88 no. 2
- Gyorgy Ligeti
- Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
- Samuel Barber
- Summer Music, Op. 31
- Carl Nielsen
- Wind Quintet, Op. 33
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet was founded in 1988, during the era of Herbert von Karajan, and is the first permanently established wind quintet in the famous orchestra’s rich tradition of chamber music.
“Arguably the best ensemble of its kind in the world.” Manchester Evening News
“It is rare to hear man perfectly integrated with music—when the two are so inextricably linked, so aware yet selfless, that distinctions between them are rendered meaningless. Such communion was achieved by the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. It was a concert not to be forgotten.” Washington Post