Olivier Messiaen (*1908 †1992) Appel interstellaire from Des Canyons aux Etoiles (From the Canyons to the Stars) for solo horn
“From the canyons to the stars… This means rising from the depths of the canyons up to the stars – and even higher up to the resurrected of paradise – to praise God and the fullness of his creations: the beauties of the earth (its rocks, its birdsongs), the beauties of the visible sky, the beauties of the spiritual sky.”
Olivier Messiaen: Preface to the score of Des Canyons aux étoiles …

Massimiliano Matesic (*1969) Il silenzio delle sirene for bassoon and piano
To protect himself from the sea creatures, the seductive song of the sirens, Odysseus put wax in his ears and allowed himself to be forged into the mast. But the sirens have an even more terrible weapon than their song: their silence. Although it has not happened, it is perhaps conceivable that someone could have saved themselves from their song – but from their silence, absolutely not.

Carl Nielsen (*1865 †1931) Serenata in vano for clarinet, bassoon, french horn, cello, double bass

// Interval**//

Franz Schubert (*1797 †1828) Trout Quintet in A Major, Op. post. 114 D 667 for piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass

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