Hans Huber Sextet in B Flat II. Allegro molto vivace
Hans Huber Sextet for
Piano,
Flute,
Oboe, Clarinet,
Horn and Basson in B
Flat II.
Allegro molto vivace
Flute:
Kaspar Zehnder
Oboe:
Christian Hommel
Clarinet: Stephan
Siegenthaler
Horn: Olivier Darbellay
Piano:
Konstantin Lifschitz
Bassoon:
Matthias Bühlmann
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Album Overview
Hans Huber was, together with
Hermann Suter and
Friedrich Hegar, a leading musical personality in
German-speaking Switzerland at the turn of the
20th Century. Huber wrote
The Sextet in 1898 during a busy period, when he was teaching private lessons and held various offices at the
Basel Choral
Society. The work was first performed on 11 June
1900 as part of a solo concert of the association in the music hall of the
Casino Basel together with works by
Dvorak,
Mozart,
Schubert, Schumann and
Joachim ray.
The Quintet for piano, flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon was written in
1914 and was under Dess 19th
Swiss Composers Festival. It premiered 15 June
1918 at
Lausanne's
Theatre by
Paul Otto Moeckel, piano, and four members of the
Zurich Tonhalle.
Quintet and Sextet for
Winds and
Piano
Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano in
B flat major:
Adagio non troppo, Allegro molto vivace, Adagio ma non troppo, Allegro vivace con brio; Quintet for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano in
E flat major,
Opus 136: Adagio con intimo sentimento, Scherzo - Allegretto,
Intermezzo - Allegro con fuoco, Allegro moderato.
A co-production with Swiss
Radio and
Television (
GAS 2)