Acelga Quintett, v.l.: Hanna Mangold (Flöte), Sebastian Poyault (Oboe), Antonia Zimmermann (Fagott), Julius Kircher (Klarinette), Amanda Kleinbart (Horn)
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Acelga Quintet
Woodwind Quintet
Hanna Mangold – flute
Sebastian Poyault – oboe
Julius Kircher – clarinet
Amanda Kleinbart – frenchhorn
Antonia Zimmermann – bassoon
The Acelga Quintet gives new impulses to the genre “wind quintet” and raises it with its playing to a new, inspiring high level. Be enchanted by these amazing musicians….
Acelga Quintet
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Acelga is not only the Spanish term for chard, the nutritious and vitamin-rich vegetable, it is also the name of an equally energetic woodwind quintet. Founded in 2012 by the five young musicians Hanna Mangold (flute), Sebastian Poyault (oboe), Julius Kircher (clarinet), Amanda Kleinbart (horn) and Antonia Zimmermann (bassoon), the group quickly established itself as one of the leading quintets of the younger generation. In 2013, the Acelga Quintet was awarded a scholarship from the German Music Council at the German Music Competition in Stuttgart and was included in the Council’s 58th Young Artists concert series. In the following year, the quintet won third prize in the 2014 ARD Music Competition. The group performs regularly both in Germany and abroad, including at the Rheingau Musik Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele, and it has made numerous recordings for well-known broadcasting organisations. For its debut album Bohemia in collaboration with SWR and GENUIN classics, the quintet received a special prize from the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation.
Critics have praised this exceptional ensemble’s unique combination of soloist bravura and chamber music sensitivity:»The musicians communicate between each other with technical brilliance, precision, freshness, passion and a rich palette of colours.« All five players are members of prestigious German orchestras or teach as university professors. In the quintet, they come together to form a homogeneous group characterised by subtlety of expression, refined ensemble playing, charismatic joy in performing and interpretive authenticity.
The members of the Acelga Quintet met while they were playing in prominent youth orchestras and academies, such as the European Union Youth Orchestra, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, and the Orchestra Academy of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a quintet, they have developed a broad and varied repertory that includes the classics of the quintet literature, arrangements of well-known compositions and rarely performed works that range from the early classical period up to the 21st century. The group continually explores all the possibilities for dynamic contrast and sound colour inherent in this exciting instrumental combination. »No other ensemble dared to risk so much dramatic vitality and variety of nuance«, wrote the Süddeutsche Zeitung after Acelga Quintet’s performance at the prestigious ARD Music Competition.
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BOHEMIA I
The double meaning of this term is appealing: on the one hand, the synonym for unconventional artistry, on the other hand, the Latin as well as English word for the land of Bohemia, where wind music has a long tradition that reaches into the modern age. The program contains impressive works by Bohemian composers and takes the listener into the sonorous world of the wind artist bohemia.
W. A. Mozart (1765-1791)
Overture to “The Magic Flute”, KV 620
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951)
Wind quintet in D major, op. 95
Pavel Haas (1899-1944)
Wind quintet, op. 10
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
Humoresque for wind quintet
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
“American Quintet” (Arranged by David Walter)
BOHEMIA II
The double meaning of this term is appealing: on the one hand the synonym for unconventional artistry, on the other hand the Latin as well as English word for the region of Bohemia, where wind music has a long tradition that reaches into the modern age. The program includes impressive works by Bohemian composers such as Leoš Janáček’s sextet “Mladi”, in which the sound spectrum of the wind quintet is enriched by the warm, dark color of the bass clarinet. Let yourself be carried away into the sonorous world of the artists’ bohemia!
W. A. MOZART (1765-1791) Overture to “The Magic Flute”, KV 620 (arrangement: Joachim Linckelmann)
JOSEF BOHUSLAV FOERSTER (1859-1951)
Wind Quintet in D major, Op. 95
PAVEL HAAS (1899-1944)
Wind Quintet, Op. 10
ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY (1871-1942)
Humoresque for Wind Quintet
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
1st slavonic dance no. 2, e minor
2nd Slavonic Dance No. 8, G minor
LEOŠ JANÁČEK (1854-1928)
“Mladi” (“Youth”) for wind sextet
Suite for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn and bassoon
AMERICA
As diverse as the people, cultures and landscapes of this vast continent, as contrasting and colorful is this program.
We present works by composers ranging from North American folklore to the melancholy blues of the southern states to the electrifying rhythms of Latin America, encompassing many musical styles that have shaped this continent to this day.
The program is rounded off by a masterpiece by Antonín Dvorák: in the “American Quintet”, he – a recent immigrant – paints his own picture of the world that was new to him.
Lalo Shifrin (*1932)
“La Nouvelle Orleans” for wind quintet (1987)
Amy Beach (1867 – 1944)
“Pastorale” for wind quintet op. 151 (1941)
Elliot Carter (1908-2012)
Wind Quintet (1948)
Valerie Coleman (*1970)
“Tzigane” for wind quintet (2011)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
“Summer Music” (1956)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
“American Quintet”
(Arranged by David Walter)
A BALMY SUMMER NIGHT
Summer in Spain, summer in the southern states, summer in Germany, summer in Hungary. On this concert evening you can experience heat, sun, sultriness, warm rain and buzzing mosquitoes in every season. The program is inspired by the humorous lyrics to Luciano Berio’s “Opus Number. Zoo”, which are complemented here by works in which composers from a wide variety of backgrounds set summer to music.
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Overture to the opera “The Barber of Seville
(Arrangement: Joachim Linckelmann)
Overture to the opera “The Barber of Seville
(Arrangement: Joachim Linckelmann)
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951)
Wind quintet in D major op. 95
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942) Humoresque for wind quintet (1939)
Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
Opus Number Zoo
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
“Summer Music” (1956)
György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Six Bagatelles for wind quintet
“WITH HEART AND HUMOR”
What would life be without heart and humor? What would life be without music? In this program, not only the works but also the biographies of some composers are more than impressive. Some of them – living in exile – defy their fate with a healthy dose of humor, which is also reflected in their music. Others express their longing for their homeland and their love for their compatriots in the most beautiful melodies. Still others, finally, sparkle with wit and ideas, so that our audience can look forward to a rousing concert evening!
W. A. Mozart (1765-1791)
Overture to “The Magic Flute”, KV 620(Arrangement: Joachim Linckelmann)
Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)
Hungarian dances
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
Humoreske for wind quintet
Claude Paul Taffanel (1844-1908)
Quintet in G minor
Denes Agay (1911-2007)
Five easy dances
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
“American Quintet”
(Arranged by David
“MOZART MEETS LIGETI”
Two centuries – two great composers who had a strong influence on the music of their generation and whose music continues to inspire today. While Mozart’s colorful musical language moves in a natural musical ductus, which he only deliberately breaks up from time to time, Ligeti repeatedly takes the instrumentalists as well as the listeners to new technical, musical and formal limits. This program thrives on the contrast of the two musical styles and harmonizes in the liveliness of this spirited music.
W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Andante in F major, KV 616
“An Andante for a roller in a small organ” (arrangement: Rainer Schottstädt)
György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Ten pieces for wind quintet
György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Six Bagatelles for wind quintet
W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Serenade in C minor “Nachtmusique”, KV 388
after the wind octet in C minor (arrangement: David Walter)
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