CALEFAX QUINTET
Arens Series - March 18, 2023
7:30pm at washington irving high school
Program:
Handel: 3 Capricci (HWV 483, 571, 496)^
Rameau: Suite la triomphante^
Schubert: Fantasia in F minor^
~intermission
Barber: Excursions^^
Price: Sonata in E minor, II. Andante^^
Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue^
^arr. Raaf Hekkema ^^arr. Jelte Althuis
artists:
Oliver Boekhoorn, oboe
Bart de Kater, clarinet
Raaf Hekkema, saxophone
Jelte Althuis, bass clarinet
Alban Wesly, bassoon
BIO:
Celebrated not least for the invention of their original genre, the reed quintet Calefax is known internationally for their virtuosic playing and their “pop” sensibility as they arrange, recompose and interpret music from eight centuries to suit their unique constellation. From early music to classical and jazz to world premières, in the hands of Calefax it all sounds fresh and new. The Amsterdam-based ensemble has received many prestigious awards, including the 1997 Philip Morris Arts Prize, the 2001 Kersjes van de Groenekan Prize, the 2005 VSCD Classical Music Award, and the 2012 German Junge Ohren Prize for the family musical show De Muziekfabriek. They perform frequently throughout Europe, as well as in Russia, China, India, Turkey, Japan, South Africa, Brazil, and the USA. The Times (UK) has called them “five extremely gifted Dutch gents who almost made the reed quintet seem the best musical format on the planet.”