The soloists of the BNO present a chamber music programme featuring two iconic quintets from the late 18th century.
Giuseppe Maria Cambini’s Wind Quintet No. 2 in D minor belongs to the extensive output of this lesser-known composer, active in late-18th-century Paris. A key figure in chamber music, Cambini played an important role in popularizing the wind quintet, a genre flourishing at the time thanks to technical improvements in instruments.
Beethoven’s Piano and Wind Quintet in E-flat major, composed in 1796, draws direct inspiration from a Mozart quintet in the same key. Far from mere homage, Beethoven develops denser textures and greater instrumental interplay. Structured in three movements – a concertante Allegro, a restrainedly lyrical Andante, and a lighter, playful Rondo finale – the quintet reveals a young Beethoven already asserting his own style.
Beethoven’s originally scheduled Septet in E-flat major is replaced by these two works in tribute to the recently deceased Konzertmeister Alexei Moshkov. This concert is dedicated to his memory.
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