The young Czech ensemble Alinde Quintet, laureate of the prestigious Munich ARD competition, will present a varied program of Czech and Nordic composers in Ostrava. The program will include Rejch’s fresh Wind Quintet Op. 100, Pavel Haas’s playful and uniquely styled Quintet, the meditative and deeply felt Music for a Deceased Friend by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks, and the French-charm-inspired Serenade “Playing in the Forest” by Danish composer Jørgen Jersild.

Antonín Rejcha
Wind Quintet in F major, Op. 100, No. 1

Pavel Haas
Wind Quintet, Op. 10

Pēteris Vasks
Music for a Deceased Friend

Jørgen Jersild
Serenade “Playing in the Forest”

Alinde Quintet
Anna Talácková – flute, piccolo, alto flute
Barbora Trnčíková – oboe
David Šimeček – clarinet, E-flat clarinet
Kryštof Koska – horn
Petr Sedlák – bassoon

The young Czech wind ensemble Alinde Quintet, winners of one of the world’s most prestigious music competitions — the ARD International Music Competition in Munich — will offer a colorful program featuring works by Czech and Nordic composers.

During his lifetime, Antonín Rejcha was among Europe’s leading musical figures.

His exceptional melodic invention and outstanding sense for the sonority of wind instruments are beautifully showcased in the first of his six wind quintets, Op. 100, published in Paris in 1820.

In Pavel Haas’s Wind Quintet, Op. 10, composed between 1928 and 1929, the terse, earthy language of Janáček merges with neoclassical playfulness, humor, and technical brilliance in a uniquely vibrant style.

The meditative musical language of contemporary Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks has gained wide international acclaim. His Music for a Deceased Friend (1982) is a musical epitaph dedicated to the memory of his tragically deceased friend, bassoonist Jana Barinska.

In this composition, Vasks skillfully combines contemporary musical idioms with elements of ancient Lithuanian funeral rites.

Influenced by his studies with Albert Roussel, Danish composer Jørgen Jersild imbued his music with a distinct French esprit. The delicate flavor of “sweet France” can also be felt in his Serenade “Playing in the Forest” from 1947.