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Zwanenkrakers

Nieuw Amsterdams Klarinet Kwartet

  • NL

Description

The four virtuoso clarinettists of the Nieuw Amsterdams Klarinet Kwartet play music from the king and queen of ballets, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and Swan Lake respectively. They complement the programme with music inspired by those two masterpieces. For instance, big band legend Duke Ellington wrote his own Nutcracker Suite, and the quartet commissioned several arrangers and composers to express their own visions of the ballet classics. 

Expect a highly emotional and folksy version of the well-known Danse Arabe, brace yourself for a swinging Dance of the Floreadores, and get carried away by the ever-masterful melodies of Tchaikovsky. 

Programme

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – From The Nutcracker, op. 71: Miniature Overture (arr. Johan Noothout/Jesse Faber)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – From The Nutcracker, op. 71: March (arr. Erin Miesner)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – From The Nutcracker, op. 71: The Decoration of the Christmas Tree (arr. Marijn van Prooijen)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – From Swan Lake, op. 20: Dance of the Little Swans (arr. Jesse Faber)
  • Radek Fedyk – Dance Arab
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – From Swan Lake, op. 20: Dance with Goblets (arr. Marijn van Prooijen)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – From Swan Lake, op. 20: Pas de six, Variation 1 (arr. Jesse Faber)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – From The Nutcracker, op. 71: Clara and the Nutcracker (arr. Marijn van Prooijen)
  • Duke Ellington – From Nutcracker Suite (after P.I. Tchaikovsky): Dance of the Floreadores (arr. Damiano Pascarelli) 

Performers

Nieuw Amsterdams Klarinet Kwartet

  • Sergio Hamerslag, clarinet and E-flat clarinet
  • Tom Wolfs, clarinet
  • Bart de Kater, clarinet and basset horn
  • Jesse Faber, bass clarinet

Biography

Nieuw Amsterdams Klarinet Kwartet 

  • The quartet consists of the four versatile clarinettists Sergio, Tom, Bart and Jesse  
  • Together they play the whole clarinet family   
  • All four studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music   
  • The quartet has been a much-loved ensemble on Dutch music stages for eleven years   
  • Has also performed in Bulgaria, Portugal and Brazil   
  • Presented its third CD in 2021: Wunderhorn, with music by Gustav Mahler 

Practical

Location

  • Theaterzaal Nova
    Molenstraat 2B
    9230 Wetteren

Timing

  • The performance takes place on Friday, November 22th
  • Start time: 20:00
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