Calefax and Matthew Barley play The Swimmer
composition by Joost Buis
Live at TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, 17 october 2018
Matthew Barley – cello
Oliver Boekhoorn – oboe, english horn
Ivar Berix – clarinet
Raaf Hekkema – saxophone
Jelte Althuis – bass clarinet
Alban Wesly – bassoon
video recording and editing by Eric de Clercq
audio recording and editing by Oliver Boekhoorn
All Ellington released their first CD.
Cover by Francesca Patella
The reed quintet Calefax is playing five concerts with guest cellist Matthew Barley. On the program (which includes pieces by Dvorak, Sweelinck, Purcell, Walton en Fitkin) is the premiere of my composition The Swimmer, inspired by an episode from the writings of Zhuang Zi, a Chinese taoist philosopher that lived around 360 to 300 BC.
Concerts:
On september 28th a new group named ‘Plots’ wil debut in the Amsterdam Bimhuis during the Carte Blanche night for bass clarinet player Ziv Taubenfeld.
Ziv Taubenfeld – bass clarinet
Joost Buis – trombone
Frank van Bommel – piano
Wim Janssen – drums
New music by Luc Ex based on inevitable everyday sounds, performed by an international ensemble featuring nine singular improvisers.
Luc Ex – bass guitar, keyboards
Yedo Gibson – saxophone
Joost Buis – trombone
Mika Szafirowski – guitar
Gabor Hartyiani – cello
Renato Ferreira – bass,saxophone
Nora Mulder – piano, zither
Veryan Weston – piano
Pepe Garcia – percussion