New Sounds for Old Winds #2 (on-demand until 7/24/2021)
$14.18
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Robert Percival — Selected works
Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. Robert Percival – Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major Op. 7 "Grand"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Robert Percival – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Boxwood and Brass present New Sounds for Old Winds, a feast of music celebrating the creativity of wind players in 18th century Vienna.
More interested in the spirit of the music than the letter of the score, they would change, adapt, and arrange pieces to fit their needs. Inspired by their freedom, Boxwood & Brass will take you on a new journey through old music, including ‘disreputable’ original editions and new arrangements of Serenades, Sonatas, and Symphonies by Mozart, Beethoven, and their contemporaries – all dressed in the myriad colours of 18th-century wind instruments.
Eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Harmonien specialised in playing arrangements. Skilled arrangers reinvented everything from operas and symphonies to chamber music and piano sonatas, often to perform with their own ensembles of wind instruments. This wasn’t just about peddling popular tunes – arrangements allowed the hugely popular Harmonien and their exceptional musicians to present their own take on the latest and best music.
New Sounds for Old Winds #2 is a feast of Harmoniemusik kleptomania with two brand-new arrangements. Inspired the success of the anonymous 1810 arrangement of Beethoven’s "Pathetique" Sonata, featured on our recent CD Beethoven Transformed, Vol. 2, our bassoonist Robert Percival has created a version of Beethoven’s early Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat, Op. 7, for six-part Harmonie. Following the example of his early-19th-century counterparts, Robert hasn’t simply transcribed the sonata, but re-thought its textures and figuration to create a true piece of wind music.
One of the problems of being a wind player in an orchestra is having to sit at the back, doing as you are told. The solution? Get rid of the rest of the orchestra, of course! Eighteenth-century wind players weren’t shy about arranging symphonies by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and others for Harmonie. Following their example, Mozart’s ever popular G minor Symphony has been turned by Robert into a small-but-mighty wind sextet, allowing the wind players to 'take charge’ and give it the full Boxwood treatment!
Established in 2013, Boxwood & Brass is a group of exceptional period wind players specialising in the wind chamber music and Harmoniemusik of the Classical and early-Romantic periods.
The broadcast will begin on 26th June 2021 at 6:30pm British Summer Time / 10:30am Pacific with on-demand video available for 28 days after the show.
Tickets: £10 / $14.18
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