Orsino Ensemble at Wigmore Hall

The flexible wind ensemble made up of leading players gave its debut performance at the Aldeburgh Festival in 2018. Janácek’s nostalgic celebration of youth is set against Britten’s little-known movement of 1930, and the most famous of the wind quintets of the highly original, Czech-born Anton Reicha (1770-1836), published in 1818.

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Movement for wind sextet
Anton Reicha (1770-1836): Wind Quintet in E flat Op. 88 No. 2
Leoš Janácek (1854-1928): Mládí

Orsino Ensemble
Adam Walker flute
Nicholas Daniel oboe
Matthew Hunt clarinet
Amy Harman bassoon
Alec Frank-Gemmill horn
Peter Sparks bass clarinet