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 January 2014

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Songs of Clarity

FAQ - Friend of the Amstel Quartet

Party Horns / Toeters en Taart

Philippe Elan & Amstel Quartet

Upcoming concerts

Amstel Quartet Remco Jak - soprano saxophone
Olivier Sliepen - alto saxophone
Bas Apswoude - tenorsaxophone
Ties Mellema - baritone saxophone
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Songs of Clarity

We are looking forward to the CD project ´Songs of Clarity´ with soprano Klaartje van Veldhoven.
Consort songs by William Byrd and Fantazias by Henry Purcell. 

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FAQ - Friend of the Amstel Quartet!

As a FAQ you do not only help us to realise our projects - you also benefit from invitations to exclusive concerts , free CDs, and more.

In certain cases, your membership or donation will be tax-deductible as the Amstel Quartet has recently acquired the ANBI-status in the Netherlands.

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Party Horns / Toeters en Taart

From february 2nd  we’ll tour with a children's performance/concert ‘Party Horns' ( 5+) through Holland.
Remco plays André, a perfection obsessed concertmaster in 'Party Horns' ('Toeters en Taart'). However, the other quartet members want to celebrate André's birthday while André wants to give the most important concert of his life. Secretively they prepare a birthday cake for Remco while the quartet plays music by Mozart, Rivier, Vivaldi, Torke and more.
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Vanaf februari trekken we het land door met ´Toeters en Taart´ (muziekvoorstelling voor kinderen vanaf 5 jaar)
Hoe klinkt een rietje? Welkom bij het concert van het Amstel Quartet. Het wordt een zeer serieus concert. Of toch niet? Misschien ontploft het concert wel in een groot feest met taart en confetti. Of het nu een concert of een feest wordt: het Amstel Quartet blaast je sowieso omver met hun saxofoons. Kom in feestkleding, we blazen het dak eraf!
Toeters en Taart is een clowneske muziekvoorstelling met de mooiste muziek voor saxofoonkwartet van onder meer Mozart, Vivaldi, Rivier, Bach, Torke
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6th of February, 20:30

Philippe Elan & Amstel Quartet

Hommage a Charles Aznavour

Parkstad Theaters Heerlen

After two sold-out performances at the Bettyasfalt Complex in Amsterdam, Philippe Elan and the Amstel Quartet take their show to Heerlen in the South of Holland!
Philippe started his career at very young age as a saxophonist with the local wind band of his native village in Southern France, but soon it became clear that singing was his real passion. Since then, Philippe has always had a love-hate relationship with the saxophone. Is his collaboration with the Amstel Quartet really such a coincidence? Or a wink to his past? Or a reflection of his past?
The greatest chansons by Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour, Edith Piaf ... and many others ... in a unique combination!


Upcoming concerts

19-01-2014, 19:00
Herdecke, GE, Werner Richard Saal
Amstel Tracks Now!
In the Serie "Meister von Morgen)
Works by a.o. Dun, Brahms, Nyman, Sweelinck, Rivier and Bach
Entrance: E10,-, students free

26-01-2014, 12:00
Hengelo, NL, Rabotheater/Waterstaatskerk
Richard Wagner's 200th birthday
In the Serie: Chamber Music
Entrance: E16,-/E1,- (CJP/youth)A program with music by and inspired by Richard Wagner. With works by Wagner, Webern, Debussy, Liszt and more.

2-2-2014, 11:00
Eindhoven, Muziekgebouw Frits Philips, De Lage Landen Zaal
Toeters en Taart ('Horns and cake')
In the serie: family concerts
Welcome to this concert of the Amstel Quartet. It will be a very serious concert. Or not? Maybe the concert will explode into a gigantic party with cake and confetti. Dresscode: Party! Works by a.o. Bach, Haydn, Mozart and Torke.
There will be free pancakes for the kids that they can decorate themselves!

5-2-2014, 19:00
Tilburg, Fontys Conservatory, de Refter
Netherlands Saxophone Festival
Dutch Music by Ketting, Germanus and Sweelinck
Tickets sold at the venue: E10,-
The Dutch Amstel Quartet will play a selection of the best Dutch works on their repertoire. With special attention to Otto Ketting's last works 'Close Harmony' and Germanus' 'Moonwalk', a sensational modal/quarter tone piece for which the Amstel Quartet had to relearn to play the saxophone!

6-2-2014, 20:30
Heerlen, Theater Heerlen, LIMBURGzaal
Amstel Quartet with Edison Award Winner Philippe Elan
'Sax met Elan'
"Philippe Elan is the uncrowned ambassador of the French chanson in the Netherlands".
A.o. works by Aznavour, Brel, Bannink, Trenet, Piaf, Nyman and Ravel
Entrance: E17,50/E20,-

14 and 15 February, Betty Asfaltcomplex, Amsterdam
The new show with Dominee Gremdaat is rescheduled to September 2014
Definitive dates TBA

 


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