In his first decade in Vienna, Beethoven seems to have been preoccupied with music for wind instruments. The best-known example is his Quintet in E flat major, Op. 16, which he arranged at the same time for piano quartet. He also wrote music for dances and settings of folk songs, and reflected the publics interest in automata by writing for musical clock. The Napoleonic wars were mirrored in Beethovens music of the period, especially in his military compositions such as a series of Marches and the Equali, scored for trombones, which were later played at his funeral.

Artists

William Karceski (alto trombone), Chris Houlihan (alto trombone), Stefan Wiebe (tenor trombone), Noah Roper (bass trombone), Layne Anspach (horn), Scott Holben (horn), Yu-Hsuan Cheng (horn), Janette Fishell (organ), Sofia Kim (violin), Susie Kroh (violin), Seido Karasaki (viola), Hrafnhildur Marta Guðmundsdóttir (cello), Lawrence DiBello (cello), Tristan Segal (violin), Noa Sarid (violin), Isabel Kwon (cello), Andrew Collins (viola), Clara Scholtes (violin), Andreas Ioannides (piano), Aleck Belcher (double bass), Tatiana Lokhina (piano), Eunji Kim (violin), Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Rodney Dorsey