Galant Night Fever. Quartets, Trio and Duet For Flute, Strings and Basso

The Wig Society Chamber Music Ensemble

Born in Brussels in 2020, The WIG Society (TWS) has rapidly grown into one of the most exciting musical ensembles on the European Early Music scene. As a rising ensemble within the EEEmerging+ programme, TWS hasdeveloped an original approach to the chamber music of the galant and classical period. Their playing highlights the lavish, extravagant, and witty elements of a repertoire principally designed to entertain an aristocratic society on the decline. Theyre-imaginerococoballrooms and salons as contemporary dance floors, Haydn as theBeyonce of the 1770s. Their sound is rich and nuanced in depth thanks to the employment of both the harpsichord and the double-bass, instead of the traditional cello. Alongside works by celebrated composers, TWS proposes some world premiere recordings of neglected composers from the Mannheim School and beyond.

Ernst Eichner (1740-1777) , Hans Hinrich Zielche (1730-1802) , Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel (1750-1817) , Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) , Wenceslav Pichl (1741-1805) , Joseph Schmitt (1734-1791)

Eichner: Quartetto in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 6
Hans Hinrich Zielche: Quartetto in B-Flat Major, Op. 2a No. 5
Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel: Trio in A Major, Op. 6 No. 3, StWV. 186 / 3
Haydn: Quartetto in G Major, Op. 5 No. 2, Hob. II:G4
Pichl: Duetto in D Major, Op. 18 no. 1
Schmitt, Joseph: Quartetto in E Minor, Op. 10 No. 6