Amy Beach Pastorale (4’)
Grażyna Bacewicz Wind Quintet (10’)
Leoš Janáček Mládí (18’)
Felix Mendelssohn String Octet in E minor (33’)

Leoš Janáček’s Mládí (Youth) is a wistful, nostalgic but celebratory look back on his younger life, a fabulous showcase for the superb wind players of Royal Northern Sinfonia, who also have a chance to shine in Bacewicz’s Quintet – a piece that encompasses both spiky, edgy melodies and velvety smooth textures in its brief duration.

The strings take over in the second half for the creative verve of Mendelssohn’s String Octet, a work of utter brilliance and understated emotional undercurrents, while your evening starts with the gentle melodies of pioneering composer Amy Beach.