Artists
- Nash Ensemble
- Simon Crawford-Phillipspiano
- Philippa Daviesflute
- Gareth Hulseoboe
- Richard Hosfordclarinet
- Marie Lloydbass clarinet
- Amy Harmanbassoon
- Graham Hobbsbassoon
- Richard Watkinshorn
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Poster for Moravian Teachers' Choir by Alphonse Mucha
Archived Event
‘From My Homeland’ – Music from the Czech Lands with works by Brahms
Nash Ensemble
- Date
- Sat 09 Dec 2023, 5.30pm
- Tickets
- Archived Event
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Erwin Schulhoff1894-1942
- Divertissement for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
- Bohuslav Martinů1890-1959
- Sextet for piano and wind instruments
- Leoš Janáček1854-1928
- Mládí (Youth) for wind sextet
Overview
This lively programme explores Czech music of the 1920s: Erwin Schulhoff’s wind Divertissement and Martinů’s sunny Sextet are infused with edgy jazz harmonies and dance rhythms. Janáček, four decades their senior, looks back to his own childhood in Mládí.