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Author: katfish
Date: 2000-12-18 19:59
I have an old recording of this group playing Mozart opera arias. Does anyone know if they are still in existance?
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Author: Alphie
Date: 2000-12-18 20:57
The name still exists but with new people. The old setup stoped playing
together about fifteen years ago. The new group has also made many recordings.
A pretty recent C.V. looks like this:
Founded in 1959, the Netherlands Wind
Ensemble of today is a group of young
principal wind players from the most
prestigious Dutch orchestras including the
Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Radio
Symphonic Orchestra, the Radio Philharmonic
Orchestra, the Residentie Orchestra and the
Noordhollands Philharmonic Orchestra. They
are the new generation of the famous Dutch
school of wind playing that has marked the Netherlands Wind
Ensemble through its history.
In the sixties and seventies the ensemble became immensely popular
for its revolutionary approach to conventional concert practice.
Today, unconventional programming, combining old and new music in
an unexpected and exciting way, has become a main characteristic
of their own concert series in the Concertgebouw and the 'rock
temple', Paradiso, in Amsterdam.
In the classical repertoire the Netherlands Wind Ensemble works
extensively with Frans Brüggen. The contemporary repertoire is the
domain of conductors such as Richard Dufallo, Edo de Waart,
Reinbert de Leeuw, David Porcelijn, Thierry Fischer and Mark
Wigglesworth.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2000-12-18 21:24
The original NWE was made up mostly or completely of Concertgebouw Orchestra members. The perfection of ensemble was remarkable. It's simply impossible to play better. Musically they were also excellent. They didn't wear their hearts on their sleeves, but let the music speak for itself.
George Pieterson was the principal clarinetist and I think the principal in the Concertgebouw at the same time. A phenomenal player. He played Reform Boehm clarinets, make I think by Wurlitzer, with a mouthpiece that was somewhere between French and German style, and a sound that was also a mix of the two.
The reincarnation, with, as Alphie notes, new people, is also a top group, though for me not as amazing as the original.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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