fünf-woodwind quintet

Mr. Maxym, my bassoon teacher and mentor, would talk about his musical family. He always had the right words.  One of the joys of playing music are the personal friendships.  The musical connection while performing is a whole-hearted shared experience that deepens the human bond.

So....I was very excited when Patrice Malatestinic, asked if I would be interested in playing a woodwind quintet. Side-Thought: Still don't have a good answer why the French Horn is in a woodwind quintet. hehe Here is info about fünf,

fünf, the greater Capital Region’s professional woodwind quintet, performs a variety of repertoire which includes traditional and contemporary wind literature as well as newly commissioned works. Part of fünf’s mission is to make chamber music fun and accessible to all audiences. They love performing, educating listeners, and premiering new music. Recent concerts include premieres of work by Nicholas Ascoti’s, Norman Thobodeau, and the area premiere of Mathieu Lussier’s Sextour for winds and contra bassoon. Friday July 31, 2015 will bring the world premiere of Philip Spaeth’s Quintet For Winds composed expressly for fünf to be performed at St Peter’s Roman Catholic church in downtown Saratoga Springs.


fünf ‘s founding members: Norman Thibodeau, flute; Susan Kokernak, oboe; David Ciucevich, clarinet; Patrice Malatestinic, horn; and Gerald Lanoue, bassoon; are free lance musicians playing with a wide array of regional orchestras, operas, and chamber groups, as well as faculty members at SCCC, Niskayuna Schools, CSR, Skidmore College, UVM and Bennington College, respectively.

Btw: f= forte : an expression of loud volume,  fun=fun,  fünf=5


Philip Speath
Quintet Mvt 1,2,3,4
World Premier Performance
Google Drive Link to the Speath Quintet-MP3

Video of Premier-Google Drive Link


Darius Milhaud
La cheminée du roi René
Cortège (procession)
Aubade (dawnsong)
Jongleurs (jugglers)
La maousinglade (sarabande)
Joutes sur l'Arc (jousting on the River Arc)
Chasse à Valabre (hunting at Valabre[2])
Madrigal nocturne (nocturnal madrigal

    Jacques Ibert
    Trois pièces brèves for wind quintet (1930)
    Google Drive Link to Ibert Trois Pieces

    Mathieu Lussier.
    Sextet for wind quintet & contrabassoon, Op. 19 MVT 1,2,3

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