Anne Thursfield (mezzo-soprano)
La Societe des Instruments a Vent de Bruxelles: Victor Apostel (flute); Rene Antoine (oboe); Maurice van Gucht (clarinet); Gaston Renard (horn); Laurent Kerremans (bassoon); Philippe de Clerck (pianoforte)

Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907), the Tyrolese composer, had a hard struggle against poverty during his youth, but he eventually secured a patron who made it possible for him to enter in 1881 the Munich School of Music, where, among others, he studied under Rheinberger. One of his fellow students was Richard Strauss.

A scholarship to Frankfurt brought him into contact with Alexander Ritter , who did much to further Thuille's career. In 1883 Thuille was appointed a professor at the Munich School of Music.

As a composer Thuille turned his attention chiefly to opera, but he wrote two or three chamber works of importance. The Sextet for piano and wind was written in 1887 and first performed at the National German Music Union, Wiesbaden, in 1889. Though designed on classical lines, the music is romantic in conception. It is full of charm and delicate colouring, particularly the Gavotte which is an exquisite little movement.