But death consoles her saying 'I am not rough, you shall sleep gently in my arms'. It's impossible to listen to all four movements of the quartet without an awareness of death’s shadow stalking Schubert and emerging in the most funereal passages. The title 'Death and the Maiden' comes from one of Schubert’s earlier pieces (a song) in which a terror-stricken maiden begs death to pass her by. The third annual Imani Winds Chamber Music festival was opened with this piece, which, according to Lucid Culture, is 'an imaginative blend of gypsy jazz and indie classical with intricately shifting voices.” Valerie Coleman is an award-winning living composer and founding member of Imani Winds. Inspired by Ravel's work for violin, and in the tradition of virtuoso string showpieces by Sarasate, Tzigane is a high-charged, passionate journey through woodwind virtuosity. “Tzigane” for Woodwind Quintet (Valerie Coleman) The thematically rich rondo finale is the longest movement of the three, crowned by a long cadenza for all five instruments. 452 it is employed to convey a sadly sweet mellowness.

While the key of B-flat is in Mozart usually a vehicle for frivolous thoughts, in the second movement of K. A gratifying surprise comes after only 20-odd measures have passed with the succeeding allegro, a tour-de-force of variety and inspiration, each wind allotted its brief theme. The first movement is brief, with a slow, sonorous introduction, in which each of the five players is allowed to strut their stuff, with a powerful concluding wind tutti over the piano.

452 is in the three movements of a concerto. The Quintet was first presented on April 1, 1784, as part of a mammoth concert of Mozart’s works entirely new or new to Vienna, in the capital’s Burgtheater.

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