18th-century wind ensemble

Formed in 1990 specially to perform late 18th-century Harmoniemusik, Nachtmusique have toured throughout Europe, America and Australia. Its members, specialists in the field, also play with the best of the larger early music ensembles: Orchestra of the 18th century, Freiburger Barockorchester, Anima Eterna, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, London Classical Players, etc. Alongside the music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, undisputed masters of the genre, Nachtmusique perform works of less well-known composers such as J.C. Bach, Franz Krommer, Carl Maria von Weber and Georg Druschetzky, as well as countless 18th and early 19th century arrangements of operas, symphonies and oratorios by composers from Mozart and Beethoven to Rossini and Mendelssohn. Their five CD recordings on the Glossa label of Mozart, Beethoven and Krommer works have received wide critical acclaim. The newest, Sei Sinfonia, by the “gallant” Johann Christian Bach, will be released this year.