Comment 10/19/2019 - 11:14
Submitted by Andrew Mellor on Sat, 10/19/2019 - 11:14
Comment:
The piece was written in 1947 for an ensemble drawn from the Royal Danish Orchestra (as was Nielsen's Wind Quintet). Jersild studied with Albert Roussel in Paris, who instilled in him the idea of clean, clear, balanced textures...a key objective of his Wind Quintet.