Mozart!

Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasia in D minor, K. 397 (completed by D. Lazić) 
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452 
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Serenade No. 10 ("Gran Partita") in B-flat Major, K.361/370a

Dejan Lazić, piano; Tom Owen, oboe; Tevž Kupljenik, oboe; Ognjen Popović, clarinet; Urška Zupan, clarinet; Maximiliano Martín, basset horn; Andraž Golob, basset horn; Hanno Dönneweg, bassoon; Eva Fritz, bassoon; Boštjan Lipovšek, horn; Sebastijan Buda, horn; Jernej Cigler, horn; Michael Armbruster, horn; Iztok Hrastnik, double bass

Boštjan Lipovšek, one of Slovenia’s most prominent musicians and the creative force behind the special Mozart! project, has assembled an impressive ad hoc ensemble featuring some of today’s most compelling international artists, including two Slovenian members of the Vienna and the Berlin Philharmonics – Iztok Hrastnik and Andraž Golob, respectively. The programme presents Mozart in all his originality and imaginative splendour – inspired by the improvisatory spirit and the rich melodic and harmonic fabric of the introspective Fantasia, the pianist Dejan Lazić, one of the most distinctive and unconventional soloists of his generation, has penned a brilliant conclusion to the fragmentarily completed work.

The refined Quintet for Piano and Winds explores the virtuosic extremes of the piano alongside the expressive possibilities of the winds, masterfully balancing chamber music and the concertante style. Equally masterful is the monumental Gran Partita – renowned for its symphonic scope, richly textured sonorities, and majestic sublimity – which enriches the wind ensemble with the addition of a double bass.