The Prague Philharmonia Wind Quintet is the only representative of the wind quintet in this season. The repertoire for this combination of instruments is somewhat limited, but it is possible to find inspiration in folk music in it as well. This is evidenced by Václav Trojan’s Wind Quintet, Op. 8, which mentions “Folk Songs” in its subtitle

Trojan. Farkas. Milhaud

The Professed House, Prague

Concert lesson

Scuola in Chiaro

The Staatskapelle Halle and the Moritzburg Art Museum present a chamber music series in a special format: art and music come together in the jointly organized gallery concerts.

4th Gallery Concert

Art Museum Moritzburg Halle

Four Eastern European composers complement each other with works that are very different in both instrumentation and expression – from Prokofiev's quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass to Janáček's 1st string quartet, nicknamed Kreuzer after Tolstoy's novel, with reference to Beethoven's violin sonata. Where Janácek's programmatic work has a romantic expression, Prokofiev's is more modern; almost circus-like. Originally the latter was composed for a dance performance, but the music is said to have been too complicated for the dancers; fortunately the work has survived. Both of these works were composed in the early twenties – 1923 and 24 respectively.

Prokofiev, Shostakovitch & Janacek

Odense Concert Hall

Studiosound

Bavaria Musik Studios

Take a break from the holiday whirlwind with this enchanting program of timeless favorites. Farkas' sparkling folk dance adaptations for wind quintet evokes the village festivities of a bygone era. Beethoven’s E-flat major quartet for piano and strings features a highly virtuosic piano score that Beethoven wrote for himself. The brilliant sounds of holiday brass conclude this festive program.

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Beethoven and Brass

Sarasota Orchestra

Advent Concert I • Afflatus Quintet

Rudolfinum

Celebration! Tributes

Lake Washington High School

For the closing concert, there are Swedish folk songs on the program sung by Holsted Church's talented youth choir together with Ensemble Storstrøm.

The ensemble also presents a fantastic piano quintet with African-American inspiration by Florence Price and Hungarian and Russian takes on folk music in the classical rounding off the theme with folkloric charm.

Closing concert

Holsted Kirke

A knees-up with an international flavour as we go dancing all over the world.
A wind quintet is like a sonic paintbox – a riot of fresh, bright colours, just waiting for a composer with a sense of fun to come and play with them. Five CBSO wind players dive straight in today, with a globetrotting programme that dances from the plains of Hungary to the streets and dancehalls of Cuba. Bossa nova comes to Brum!

Ferenc Farkas

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 1, 2027

Centre Stage: Dances for Woodwind · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Mar 9, 2026

Trojan. Farkas. Milhaud · Prague Philharmonia

Nov 3, 2025

Concert lesson · Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

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