Äntligen Måndag Med Stråk Och Blås by Various, Noiztik (2023/2023), Konserthuset (Stockholm Concert Hall), Stockholm, Sweden

In Finally Monday, violinist Cecilia Zilliacus and cellist Kati Raitinen invite guest artists and perform both newer and older music. At this concert we get to meet the French flutist Joséphine Olech, solo flutist in the Rotterdam symphony and Robert Ek, clarinetist in the ensemble Norrbotten NEO which specializes in the music of our time. Together they offer shimmering and dramatic contemporary sounds in music by Fausto Romitelli, Rouzbeh Rafie and Britta Byström. We also get to hear Villa-Lobo's virtuoso Assobio a játo (The Steam Whistle), which touches the very top register of the flute. A contrast is Marin Marai's atmospheric variations on La folia, a well-known, 500-year-old melody, as well as Haydn's lively and charming trio in C major, which was extremely popular among skilled amateur flautists of the 18th century. The Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka was also a prominent figure during his lifetime. That he was highly praised by Bach is easy to understand when you hear the light and airy melodies in his F major sonata.