Sextet voor vijf blaasinstrumenten en piano opus 70

By Géza Frid

genre: Chamber music
instrumentation: Wind ensemble and keyboard instrument (3-8 players) (fl ob cl fg h pf)
duration: 9 minutes
year: 1965
location of manuscript: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 304/033
status: published score
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Details

Konflikt no. 1
Konflikt no. 2
Viribus unitis

Commissioned by the Nederlandsche Radio Unie and dedicated to the Radio Filharmonisch Sextet.

[notes in Dutch] De opdracht was muziek met een diverterend karakter te schrijven. Dit karakter zocht de componist niet in de richting van de Lichte Muze, doch in de speelvreugde en in de opposante speelmanier van blazers enerzijds en piano anderzijds.
Zo trachten in het eerste deel de blazers bij de overheersende pianopartij telkens ertussen te komen, terwijl in het tweede deel de piano de onverstoorbaar doorgaande blazers probeert te verstoren. Slechts in het derde deel gaan alle zes instrumenten met vereende krachten aan het werk.

About Géza Frid

Géza Frid

The Hungarian Géza Frid was one of the key figures in the post-war Dutch music world. To escape the dictatorship of his country of origin, he fled to the Netherlands in 1927. He always remained true to the musical language of his roots. As of 1941, Frid as a stateless Jew, was prohibited from performing in public. He became involved in illegal activities and the artists' resistance movement, and it's a miracle he survived the war. After the liberation, he resumed his life as an artist. For years he was one of the most frequently performed composers in the Netherlands. Since the turn of the twentieth century there was even a sort of “Frid-Renaissance.”

by Arthur Frid