TIME FOR A SERENADE
BY THE ETCAETERA WIND QUINTET
Apolline Degoutte | flute
Mélanie Alliot | oboe
Léolün Planchon-Leblanc | clarinet
Urmin Nes Majstorovic | horn
Enrique Alonso Cordovilla | bassoon
Mélanie Alliot | oboe
Léolün Planchon-Leblanc | clarinet
Urmin Nes Majstorovic | horn
Enrique Alonso Cordovilla | bassoon
To kick off our festival week in style, the award-winning EtCaetera wind quintet will be providing light and lively musical entertainment in the King’s Gallery, just outside the theatre. You'll hear works by Mozart, including the famous overture to The Magic Flute, but also a selection of pieces by Belgian composers and much more... A rare treat!
Léolün, Apolline, Mélanie, Urmin and Enrique met while studying at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. United by their passion for classical music (but not only), they had the excellent idea to form their own wind quintet, which they promptly named 'EtCaetera' to underline their eclecticism. Despite their different backgrounds, these five young musicians have no difficulty in merging their styles and sensibilities. The result is a wonderful alchemy that they seek to convey with intelligence, generosity, humour… et caetera!
Yet being a wind quintet also means bringing a variety of styles and sounds: whence the desire to diversify the fun and the repertoire. From pure classical music to iconic film scores, from Belgian works to current pop anthems, from Offenbach to Ligeti... their extensive range offers something for almost every musical taste!
But what links Mozart with wind ensembles? In the 18th century, you could hear excerpts from operas (the popular music of the time) in arrangements for various wind ensembles on every street corner. This Harmoniemusik was all the rage in the 1780s, especially in Vienna, but also in Prague and Budapest. Mozart's tunes were, of course, among the biggest hits!
Emperor Joseph II and other nobles hired the finest wind players (usually in pairs of oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns) to provide music for dinners, evening serenades and even morning music to wake up distinguished guests in style. This practice created a great demand for new works as well as arrangements of popular titles for wind ensembles of various configurations.
The EtCaetera Quintet thus perpetuates this great 18th-century tradition! To reach the most diverse audiences possible, the group performs throughout Belgium, France and the Netherlands in a wide variety of venues, ranging from prestigious concert halls and museums to bucolic garden paths. Winners of the 2021 edition of the 'Génération Classique' competition organised by the Wallonia-Bruxelles Federation, the EtCaetera Quintet is supported by the association Chamber Music for Europe as well as by the Festivals of Wallonia.
https://quintetteetcaetera.com
Léolün, Apolline, Mélanie, Urmin and Enrique met while studying at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. United by their passion for classical music (but not only), they had the excellent idea to form their own wind quintet, which they promptly named 'EtCaetera' to underline their eclecticism. Despite their different backgrounds, these five young musicians have no difficulty in merging their styles and sensibilities. The result is a wonderful alchemy that they seek to convey with intelligence, generosity, humour… et caetera!
Yet being a wind quintet also means bringing a variety of styles and sounds: whence the desire to diversify the fun and the repertoire. From pure classical music to iconic film scores, from Belgian works to current pop anthems, from Offenbach to Ligeti... their extensive range offers something for almost every musical taste!
But what links Mozart with wind ensembles? In the 18th century, you could hear excerpts from operas (the popular music of the time) in arrangements for various wind ensembles on every street corner. This Harmoniemusik was all the rage in the 1780s, especially in Vienna, but also in Prague and Budapest. Mozart's tunes were, of course, among the biggest hits!
Emperor Joseph II and other nobles hired the finest wind players (usually in pairs of oboes, clarinets, bassoons and horns) to provide music for dinners, evening serenades and even morning music to wake up distinguished guests in style. This practice created a great demand for new works as well as arrangements of popular titles for wind ensembles of various configurations.
The EtCaetera Quintet thus perpetuates this great 18th-century tradition! To reach the most diverse audiences possible, the group performs throughout Belgium, France and the Netherlands in a wide variety of venues, ranging from prestigious concert halls and museums to bucolic garden paths. Winners of the 2021 edition of the 'Génération Classique' competition organised by the Wallonia-Bruxelles Federation, the EtCaetera Quintet is supported by the association Chamber Music for Europe as well as by the Festivals of Wallonia.
https://quintetteetcaetera.com
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