World Premier of David Philip Hefti’s Gallicinium (June 2021)

David Philip Hefti’s Gallicinium – music for the fourth nocturnal vigil for wind quintet will now, after postponements due to corona, be premiered on 7 June 2021 at the Bläserserenaden Zürich. Hefti wrote the work for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon as a commission of the Bläserserenaden Zürich 2020 and dedicated it to his wife for the birth of their second son.

The concert at a glance:

June 7, Zurich, auditorium, Hirschengraben Schoolhouse.
Bläserserenaden Zürich
Haydn: Five pieces for the flute clock
Ligeti: Six Bagatelles
Mozart: Adagio and Allegro in F minor “An Organ Piece for a Clock
Hefti: Gallicinium – music for the fourth nocturnal vigil for wind quintet
Mozart: Fantasy in F minor “An Organ Piece for a Clock”
Andrea Kollé – flute; Silvia Zabarella – oboe; Fabio Di Càsola – clarinet; Mischa Greull – horn; Maria Wildhaber – bassoon

More information can be found here.