Cancelled: Schubert’s Octet

The concert is cancelled, due to illnes.

Ensemble Misto consists of members of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. As the name suggests, this ensemble includes strings and wind instruments. And that is essential for performing Franz Schubert’s beautiful and majestic Octet in F major for clarinet, bassoon, horn, and a string quintet with two violins, viola, cello and double bass. The music is inspired by Beethoven and was commissioned by renowned clarinettist Ferdinand Troyer. Schubert was happy to meet the client’s wishes and in the second movement, the clarinet carries the warm, slow melody. This is classical music in all its beauty.

In his imaginative music, clarinettist, conductor and composer Jörg Widmann often incorporates elements of older classical music, and his Octet is a tribute to the octet by Schubert. “I have called the third movement ‘Song without Words,’ which one might think refers to Mendelssohn, but in fact, this is about Schubert.” Jörg Widmann is one of Germany’s most acclaimed names in music. He received the prestigious task of composing a large oratorio for the opening of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg in January 2017.

Ensemble Misto consists of Andrej Power, violin; Pascal Siffert, viola; Marie Macleod, cello; Valur Pálsson, double bass; Andreas Alin, flute; Jesper Harryson, oboe; Hermann Stefánsson, clarinet; Jens-Christoph Lemke, bassoon; and Kristofer Öberg, horn.