New CD Release:
Waves - Peter Adriaansz
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Waves - Peter Adriaansz
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We're really proud to announce the release of our first CD: a set of works by the fantastic Dutch composer Peter Adriaansz, someone whose music we have enjoyed not only performing but also being inspired by over the last few years. Watch this space for future concert dates of his work, and till then enjoy listening.
Not happy to release just 1 CD, we have another 2 coming very very soon, so keep checking back on us and keep those ears peeled!
Walden - Heiner Goebbels
A short trailer for Walden, taken from the live DVD-recording of our performance in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam in March 2008. For more audio from the same piece check out 'The Ponds' in the media player above.
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Ensemble Klang, formed in 2003, quickly earned a reputation as
one of the most exciting young ensembles on the Dutch contemporary music scene.
Dedicated to a new generation of composers, the group are building a repertoire
of bold, uncompromising works.
The unique yet versatile instrumentation - saxophones, trombone, keyboards,
percussion and guitar - ranging from a quiet, fragile intimacy to the punchy
power of a big-band, has attracted many composers including Heiner Goebbels, Tom Johnson,
Martijn Padding, Fabian Svensson, Jacob ter Veldhuis, Kate Moore, Jan-Bas Bollen,
Oscar Bettison and Peter Adriaansz. Performing without a conductor, the result
in concert is one where complex music requiring virtuosic accuracy and precision
is played with the energy, drive and passion of a band.
The group has performed across the Netherlands, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Belgium and the Czech Republic, and performances have been featured on national television and radio in the Netherlands, Australia and the United States. In 2008 they worked closely with highly-acclaimed German composer Heiner Goebbels on a new version, tailor-made for Klang, of his evening-long work Walden.
Newspaper Reviews
"striking... powerful and intense"; (NRC Handelsblad, Amsterdam, 1 September 2009) "scintillating" (Het Parool, Amsterdam, 3 March 2008) "performed with great flair ... terrific and unusual" (Danceview Times, New York, March 2007) "an impressive aural assault" (Scottish Herald, Glasgow, 8th December 2004)
Video below: the Maastricht premiere of a piece written for us by Costa Rican composer Federico Reuben (1978). The work uses music derived from Monteverdi's Orfeo, some songs by The Pixies, Bjork, Louis Andriessen and Thelonious Monk.