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Two trumpets, one French horn, one trombone and a tuba: these are the instruments necessary to form a brass quintet. Something of a rarity in classical music, but nevertheless an ensemble with an amazing sound and a strong expressive potential. Traditionally, the sound of brass instruments has been associated with hunting and military, but since the 1960s the instruments have gained a foothold in the classical concert hall, thanks to among others the pioneering American ensemble New York Brass Quintet - the ensemble that also christened one of the first such works in the Scandinavian context: Vagn Holmboe's First Brass Quintet from 1965.