BOCCHERINI Oboe Quintet in D minor (10’)
MOZART Adagio for Glass Harmonica (5’)
BOLOGNE Sonata No.1 in B flat for 2 Violins (10’)
HAYDN Flute Quartet No.1 in D (15’)
SÜSSMAYR Quintet for flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello in D (18’)
MOZART Quintet for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello (15’)

Celebrate Mozart and his lively circle of friends with Ensemble 360 in a delightful evening of music for winds and strings, including two works showcasing the unworldly sound of the glass harmonica.

This remarkable instrument has an ethereal, angelic tone, which fascinated and inspired Mozart. Rarely-played today, the instrument was invented by Benjamin Franklin and was popular in the 18^th century. Its sound is created by the player moistening their fingers with water and gently touching the glass bowls rotating on a horizontal spindle.

Music from Mozart’s friends include a sonata full of wit, virtuosity, and graceful charm by Joseph Bologne, a swordsman and pioneering composer who was, briefly, Mozart’s neighbour in Paris; and a bright, elegant quintet by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who famously completed Mozart’s unfinished Requiem following the composer’s death.

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