Benjamin Britten
»Phantasy Quartet« in one movement for oboe, violin, viola and violoncello (1932)
Leoš Janáček
»Mládí« suite for flute, oboe, clarinet, cornet, bassoon and bass clarinet (1924)
Benjamin Britten
»Sinfonietta« (1932) version for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, cornet and string quintet (1936)
- Alja Velkaverh-Roskams flute
- Sebastian Poyault oboe
- Blaž Šparovec clarinet
- Tino Plener clarinet
- Thomas Jedamzik bassoon
- Andreas Jakobs cornet
- Marie Daniel violin
- Hae-Jin Lee violin
- Antje Kaufmann viola
- Daniel Raabe violoncello
- Henning Rasche double bass
“You have to be young to do great things,” Goethe said. And, presumably, you need to have lived for a long time to know what youth is. Leoš Janáček was already 70 years old when he wrote his wind sextet “Youth” for an unusual combination of instruments, underscoring why his contemporaries called him the “eternally young old man from Brno”. Benjamin Britten was just 19 years of age when he appeared in public with his first works, connecting right away to the 16th century English phantasy tradition. Youth has many faces.
