Kultur am Nachmittag - Konzert

Chamber music concert by the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra in the Gustav Siegle House

MOZART | Serenade in E flat major KV 375
DVOŘÁK | Polonaise in E flat major for 12 instruments
DVOŘÁK | Serenade for 12 instruments op. 44

Nikola Stolz, Irene Reise, oboe
N.N., Constanze Rothmaler-Frücht, clarinet
Michael Roser, Christof Baumbusch, Stephen Rex, bassoon
Krisztina Berczeli, Piotr Nowara, Alexander Cazzanelli, horn
Semiramis von Bülow-Costa, violoncello
Nina Valcheva, double bass

At the end of the 18th century, serenades were often performed outdoors in Austria on all kinds of occasions. And because wind instruments sound best outdoors, Mozart always achieved great effect with his serenades for these instruments. He wrote to his father in 1781 that he had written the Serenade K. 375 "a little sensibly" (i.e. more artistically than usual) in order to convince a musical advisor to the Emperor.

A century later, the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) referred to this old tradition and created music for wind ensemble that was rich in sound and color, to which he added a cello and a double bass for reinforcement.