8711801016832

The Saxophone In 19th C Brussels

Kurt Bertels; Bert Koch

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Format: CD

Cat No: KTC1683

Release Date:  28 August 2020

Label:  Etcetera

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8711801016832

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    Saxophonist Kurt Bertels and pianist Bert Koch have created The Saxophone in 19th-Century Brussels as a document of saxophone performance practice at that time, in the hope that it will assist the saxophone to find its rightful place in historically informed performance practice. This release is the artistic result of the doctoral research carried out by saxophonist Kurt Bertels - his research focused on the context, repertoire and performance practice of saxophonists who studied at the Brussels Conservatory between 1867 and 1904. The founding of the saxophone department at the Brussels Conservatory in the 19th century was due to an initiative of Francois-Joseph Fetis (1784-1871), the first director of the Brussels Conservatory and a renowned musicologist, who wanted to make Brussels the central point of Belgian musical training. He was also known to be an advocate of the new instruments that were being developed by Antoine-Joseph (Adolphe) Sax (1814-1894); Fetis, together with Jean-Valentin Bender (1801-1873), the head of music of the Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides, quietly introduced Sax's new instruments into the military bands of the time. We hope, through this recording, to expand the traditional saxophone repertoire, presenting less familiar music for saxophone by composers who were active in the Brussels Conservatory during the above period.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. NAZAIRE BEEKMANN: Grande Polonaise
      • 2. Souvenir Du Chateau De Westerloo, Opus 21
      • 3. CHARLES GUSTAVE PONCELET: Herodiade
      • 4. NAZAIRE BEECKMAN: Concertino Militaire, Opus 23
      • 5. PAUL GILSON: Improvisation
      • 6. NAZAIRE BEECKMAN: Troisieme Morceau De Concert, Opus 27
      • 7. JOSEPH JONGEN: Meditation, Opus 21
      • 8. NAZAIRE BEECKMAN: Deuxieme Morceau De Concert, Opus 17
      • 9. Elegie, Opus 14
      • 10. Rhapsodie Flamande, Opus 29