Hugo Alfvén – 150th Anniversary Celebration

BONUS CONCERT: CHAMBER MUSIC FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS

We have the pleasure of inviting you to a chamber music recital after the concert Wednesday October 26. You are most welcome to stay, the performance will begin after a brief interval. It will be two fascinating works for wind instruments, Leoš Janáček’s spirited wind sextet and John Fernström’s acclaimed wind quintet.

Linda Taube Sundén flute
Sofi Berner oboe
Niklas Andersson clarinet
Henrik Blixt bassoon
Anna Ferriol de Ciurana  horn
Mats Wallin bass clarinet

Programme:
Leoš Janáček: Wind sextet «mládi» (youth) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and bass clarinet
John Fernström: Blåskvintett

John Fernström was not only a composer, violinist, teacher and conductor, he was also a painter, poet and author. He composed a vast number of, for example, operas, symphonies, solo concertos and chamber music. His Wind Quintet from 1943 is considered his most important work. Leoš Janáček wrote his playful, virtuoso Wind Sextet only twenty years earlier, at the end of his life. He called it Mládí, which means “youth” in Czech.

The bonus concert is included in the ticket price for the concert on October 26 18:00. Approximate concert length 45 min, no intermission.