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Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet About the Artists Paul Crewes Rachel Fine Artistic Director Managing Director at the Freiburg Musikhochschule. He completed his conducting studies with Prof. Michael Gielen. PRESENTS Michael Hasel's first orchestral appointment as flutist was from 1982 to 1984 with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, after which he became a member of the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert BERLIN PHILHARMONIC von Karajan. For several years he performed as principal flute with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra WIND QUINTET under conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Pièrre Boulez and James Levine. In 1994 he was appointed Professor of Wind Ensemble and Chamber Music MICHAEL HASEL, FLUTE FERGUS MCWILLIAM, HORN at the Heidelberg-Mannheim Musikhochschule. ANDREAS WITTMANN, OBOE MARION REINHARD, BASSOON Both as conductor and soloist Michael Hasel has WALTER SEYFARTH, CLARINET appeared in Europe, Japan and South America with renowned ensembles such as Ensemble WITH STEPHEN HOUGH, PIANO Modern, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, the Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchester, Orchestra Program Simon Bolivar and the Berliner Philharmoniker. ANDREAS WITTMANN (oboe), Andreas STEPHEN HOUGH (B.1961) Wittmann, was born in Munich. He studied oboe Was mit den Tränen geschieht; Trio for flute, bassoon and piano (2008) at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich with Prof. I. Lento giusto ABOUT THE BERLIN and Lilya Zilberstein have intensified in recent years. Manfred Clement and later at the Hochschule der PHILHARMONIC Künste in Berlin with Hansjörg Schellenberger. II. Allegro brilliante In Munich he studied conducting with Prof. III. Andante WIND QUINTET The ensemble's commitment to the wind quintet repertoire is passionate and in 1991 they found Hermann Michael and participated in conducting masterclasses with Sergiu Celibidache. Wittmann WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet the perfect partner for their recording plans, the Swedish company BIS Records, already well known spent only one year as a scholarship student (Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin) was founded at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Academy Quintet in E flat major for Piano and Winds, K. 452 in 1988, during the era of Herbert von Karajan, the in its own right for its uncompromising standards. I. Largo. Allegro moderato The results of this long and exclusive collaboration before being appointed to the Berlin Philharmonic first permanently established wind quintet in the itself in 1986. He is an internationally active II. Larghetto famous orchestra's rich tradition of chamber music. have received critical accolades worldwide - indeed many of these recordings are already widely held soloist, chamber musician and teacher, whose III. Allegretto career has also included performing as Principal With four original members since inception to be "definitive" or "reference" performances. Oboe with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and 15-minute intermission (Marion Reinhard succeeded founding bassoonist the Berlin Philharmonic. He taught at the Berlin Henning Trog in 2009), they are living musical In addition to their concert appearances throughout Europe, North and South America, Israel, Australia Philharmonic Orchestra Academy for several years JACQUES IBERT (1890-1962) witnesses to the hugely productive and influential before becoming its General Manager in 2013. musical partnerships of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Far East, the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Trois pièces brèves (1930) Quintet are also popular guests at international Wittmann is currently Permanent Guest Conductor not only with Karajan, but also with its two most of Brazil's Orquesta Sinfónica Salvador de Bahia. I. Allegro recent Musical Directors: Claudio Abbado and Sir festivals such as the Berliner Festwochen, the II. Andante Edinburgh Festival, the London Proms, the He regularly conducts the Sinfonie-Orchester Simon Rattle. Naturally, as members of the Berlin Berlin, as well as the Sibelius-Orchester of Berlin. III. Assez lent – Allegro scherzando Philharmonic, they have also enjoyed important Quintette-Biennale Marseille, the Rheingau Festival and the Salzburg Festival. Their television collaborations with every other major conductor WALTER SEYFARTH productions and radio broadcasts are seen and (Clarinet) is a native of SAMUEL BARBER (1910-1981) of their times, whether Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Düsseldorf and was a first prize winner at the age Kleiber, Sir John Barbirolli, Günter Wand, Carlo heard throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Summer music op.31 (1956) In recent years the members of the Berlin of sixteen in the Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband Maria Giulini, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, James competition. Following his studies at the Freiburg Levine or Daniel Barenboim, to name only a few. Philharmonic Wind Quintet have intensified FRANCIS POULENC (1899-1963) their teaching and coaching roles with youth; Musikhochschule with Peter Rieckhoff and with Karl Leister at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet continues they give chamber music workshops and instrumental instruction in many countries, Academy, he was appointed to the Saarbrücken I. Allegro vivace to astonish audiences worldwide with their range Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1985, he joined of expression, their tonal spectrum and their with a particular commitment, for example, to II. Divertissement the youth orchestra program of Venezuela. the Berlin Philharmonic as Solo Eb-Clarinettist. III. Finale conceptual unity. Indeed many listeners and critics It was Seyfarth who was the driving force behind agree that the ensemble has succeeded in virtually MICHAEL HASEL the founding of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind redefining the sound of the classic wind quintet. (flute) Michael Hasel was born in Hofheim near Frankfurt and began Quintet in 1988. He is also a member of the larger FEBRUARY 10, 2018 Their repertoire covers not only the entire spectrum ensemble "The Winds of the Berlin Philharmonic". Bram Goldsmith Theater of the wind quintet literature but also includes conducting, piano and organ studies, intending to graduate as a church musician. His first flute Among his teaching and mentoring responsibilities works for enlarged ensemble, i.e. the Sextets of are the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Academy, Running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission teachers were Herbert Grimm and Willy Schmidt Janáček and Reinicke or the Septets of Hindemith the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra and the and Koechlin. In addition, collaboration with pianists and he went on to study piano and conducting with The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet appears by arrangement with David Rowe Artists (davidroweartists.com) Prof. Francis Travis and flute with Aurèle Nicolet Venezuelan Youth Orchestras Programme, El Sistema. The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (windquintet.com) records exclusively for BIS Records (bis.se) such as Lars Vogt, Stephen Hough, Jon Nakamatsu Mr. Hough is a Steinway Artist. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P13 About the Artists @ THE WALLIS FERGUS MCWILLIAM (horn) was born on the In 2001, Mr. Hough was the first classical performing the Rachmaninoff piano concertos was the fastest shores of Scotland's Loch Ness and studied initially artist to win a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. selling recording in Hyperion’s history, while his in Canada (John Simonelli, Frederick Rizner, and He was awarded Northwestern University’s 2008 1987 recording of the Hummel concertos remains MUSIC at the University of Toronto with Eugene Rittich), Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano, won the Royal Chandos’ best-selling disc to date. Recent releases on having made his début as a soloist with the Toronto Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Award in 2010, the Hyperion label include a solo recording pairing Symphony under Seiji Ozawa at the age of fifteen. and in January 2014 was made a Commander works by Scriabin and Janáček and a recording of Further studies were undertaken in Amsterdam of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Grieg’s Lyric Pieces. His latest album features the (Adriaan van Woudenberg) and Stockholm (Wilhelm Dvořák and Schumann piano concertos with the City Lanzky-Otto). From 1972 through 1979 McWilliam Stephen Hough has appeared with most of the major of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jeremy was a member of several Canadian orchestras American and European orchestras and plays recitals Andris Nelsons. Mr. Hough is also the featured artist Denk and chamber music ensembles before joining the regularly in major halls and concert series around the in an iPad and Apple TV app about the Liszt Sonata in Detroit Symphony Orchestra. From 1982 to 1985 world. He has given recitals in such cities as Beijing, B Minor, which includes a fully filmed performance he was a member of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Berlin, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Milan, and commentary, released by TouchPress. and in 1985 he was appointed to the Berlin Montreal, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Stockholm, Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan. He is not Sydney, and Tokyo. He has also appeared with the Published by Josef Weinberger, Mr. Hough has only active internationally as a soloist and chamber BBC, Czech, London, Los Angeles, Netherlands, New composed over 40 works for orchestra, choir, musician but teaches at a number of internationally York, and Royal Philharmonics; the Atlanta, Baltimore, chamber ensemble and solo piano. His “Mass of renowned music schools, including the Berlin
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