The sentence comes from the cantata „Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd“, which was composed on the occasion of the 31st birthday of Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels as festive table music and premiered after an extensive hunting event in the Jägerhof in Weißenfels, which is still in operation today.

If you now assume that this movement is a superficial, cheeky way, you will be pleasantly surprised after the first few bars: the arrangement for saxophone quartet reveals an almost romantic...