Spectrum Wind Festival

Performers

Mario Caroli → transverse flute
Lucas Macías Navarro, Christoph Hartmann → oboe
Stefan Temmingh → recorder
Kilian Herold → Clarinet
Henrik Rabien → Bassoon
Thomas Brunmayr → Tuba
José-Vicente Castelló → Horn
Håkon Stene → Percussion
Katharina Kegler, Yuzuki Osako → Piano
Students of the wind and percussion classes at the College of Music Freiburg

Program

Vittoria Aleotti → Io v'amo vita mia (1593, from Ghirlanda de Madrigali a 4 voci)
Aspasia Nasopoulou → from "Ten Dipoles" (2016)
Florence Price → Octet for brass and piano
Didem Coskunseven → "Dawn Chorus" for two percussionists and electronics
Louise Farrenc → Sextet for winds and piano

From fairground sounds to Mozart, from big band to baroque music: from July 11, 2025, the "Spektrum" festival of the wind instruments and percussion department of the College of Music Freiburg will take place in three concerts. The first concert, entitled "Winds of Change", will feature music exclusively by female composers, such as the African-American Florence Price and the French composer Louise Farrenc. The second concert, "Forward, March!", features echoes of marching music and big bands, with Bernd Alois Zimmermann's "Rheinische Kirmestänze für 13 Bläser" and Friedrich Gulda's "Konzert für Violoncello und Blasorchester". The final concert is "Serenade" in the St. Lioba Monastery in Freiburg-Günterstal with baroque and classical pieces by Jan Dismas Zelenka and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - perfect for a mild summer evening. Students and teachers from the College of Music Freiburg will be performing.

The opening concert of the "Spektrum Wind Festival" 2025 focuses on composing women who wrote for very different wind ensembles in different eras. Great music by Aspasia Nasopoulou, Louise Farrenc, Florence Price and Didem Coskunseven demonstrates the diversity and innovative power of these female composers.