It was a rather new experience for a group that spends lots of time rehearsing, not to have the luxury time we usually allow ourselves. In just one day and a half, not only did we have to get comfortable with a piece that quite a few new musicians had not played with us before, but also we had to get very quickly to the detail-work that makes the difference in music like Schubert’s, especially in the case of a “small” symphony like the fifth.
Schubert - Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major D 485 12 - 16 May 2009
Musicians
- Lorenza Borrani Violin
- Francesco Bossaglia Horn
- Luise Buchberger Cello
- Giorgio Casati Cello
- Giacomo Cella Bassoon
- Irène Chatzisavas Violin
- Michele Fattori Bassoon
- Nicolas Fleury Horn
- Timoti Fregni Violin
- Olga Hansen Viola
- Simone Jandl Viola
- Andrea Landi Cello
- Andrea Mascetti Violin
- Antonio Mercurio Doublebass
- Anne Parisot Flute
- Simone Roggen Violin
- Franziska Schötensack Violin
- Luca Stocco Oboe
- Giacomo Tesini Violin
- Martine Värnik Oboe
- Alja Velkaverh Flute
Some of our German musicians were eager to bring Spira north of the Alps, and in May of 2009 we managed to play a mini-project in Mannheim. Since the rehearsal time was short we decided not to perform a piece that was completely new for us and therefore we chose Schubert's Fifth Symphony, which we had already worked on in September 2008.