Knudåge Riisager: Music for Wind Quintet, Op. 16 (1927)

00:00 - I. Music for Wind Quintet: Moderato
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Bassoon: Peter Andersen
Clarinet: Jesper Helmuth Madsen
Flute: Mads Johansen
Horn: Ola Nilsson
Oboe: Klaus Sjöblom
Year of Recording: 1997
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"Music for Wind Quintet was first performed on 4th January 1928 at the society Foreningen "Ny Musik" Under the title Musik for Blæseinstrumenter (Music for Wind Instruments). The concert, which was held in Hornung & Møller's Hall, was devoted to the work of young Danish composers, represented by Knudage Riisager, Paul Schierbeck, Finn Høffding, and Jørgen Bentzon. Judging from the press coverage, a concert given by Mischa Elman in the Odd-Fellow Palace concert hall the same evening to some extent overshadowed this event. However, the few reviews, despite reservations, demonstrate a certain appreciation of Riisager's "angular, obdurate mode of expression," the succinct and concise form, and the unmistakably humorous element.

The next year, on 23rd February 1929, the work was performed in Berlin at a concert with Danish music organized by the German section of the ISCM. In this case a large number of the critics attended. The concert had a mixed reception, but one interviewer singled out Riisager as "one of the freshest and most inventive talents among the Danes." Apart from these concerts and a performance on Danish radio in 1972, the quintet does not seem to have been played. The present version is based on Riisager's autograph ink manuscript, the only known source." (Birgit Bjørnum/James Manley)
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