Our Musical Cosmopolites

Brina Kafol Žust, flute
Tomaž Močilnik, clarinet
Andrej Žust, horn
Tonko Huljev, bassoon
Petra Kovačič, violin
Matjaž Bogataj, violin
Gea Pantner Volfand, viola
Jaka Stadler, cello
Iztok Hrastnik, double bass


Program:
Anton Reicha, Octet in E-flat Major for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, String Quartet and Double Bass ad lib., Op. 96
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Aldo Kumar, Istrian Suite for strings
Heinrich Hofmann, Octet in F Major for Two Violins, Viola, Cello, Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon, Op. 80

 
Talent and courage, but also a devotion to chamber music, is the common denominator of excellent Slovenian instrumentalists who have won over the music community, rose to international prominence and established themselves in some of the most prestigious music institutions, pre-eminent ensembles admitting only the cream of the crop: the Vienna and Bavarian state operas, the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Frankfurt Radio Symphony, the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra…
Coming together to form an ad hoc ensemble for the first time, the musicians embark on a journey across a lesser-known past to shed light on some remarkably talented composers whose genius was eclipsed by the greatness of their contemporaries: Anton Reicha, for example, was overshadowed by Beethoven, and Heinrich Hofmann by Brahms.