Lumas Winds

“Lumas Winds are an … effervescent wind quintet, lively in their performance style and enterprising in their choice of repertoire.” Their programme is a wonderful mixture of old and new, starting with an arrangement of one of Mozart’s delightful overtures. Danzi’s wind quintets are from the same period—he knew Mozart. The pieces by Oliver Knussen and Sally Beamish are made up of short movements, The Naming of Birds calling on each instrument in turn to recall the sound of a bird. The concert will end with one of the most widely performed works by Carl Nielsen, another composer fascinated by the natural world. Programme:

• Mozart: Magic Flute overture
• Knussen: Three little fantasies
• Danzi: Quintet in D minor, Op 68 No 3
• Valerie Coleman: Afro-Cuban Concerto
• Nielsen: Wind Quintet, Op 43