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This fall, the Ricciotti ensemble will take you on a musical walk through Ricciotti’s Klankbos. The tree, which is central to this tour, is indispensable: it purifies the air, cools the city, provides shelter for animals, and improves soil and water management. Because the tree is so versatile, we also jump musically from one topic to another. For example, Ricciotti performs music by Wagner in which he has depicted the forest, a brand-new composition based on data from a 200-year-old oak, and Vivaldi’s bassoon concerto in Eb, played by our soloist Bram van Sambeek. With his ‘bundle of branches,’ the literal meaning of the word bassoon, he also performs other music, including a piece specially composed for this tour by Karmit Fadael. This fall, Ricciotti celebrates the tree everywhere and for everyone! 


Overview performances

All performances are free and open to the public without reservation, unless otherwise noted.

Public performance: Free of charge for everyone.
Social public performance: Public performance in a social institution

This overview of performances will be updated through the end of the tour.

  • za 25 okt.

    • 14:00 – 15:00
      P.I. Zwolle, Zwolle
      Private social performance
    • 15:15 – 16:00
      P.I. Zwolle, Zwolle
      Private social performance
    • 19:30 – 21:30
      De Nijverheid, Utrecht
      Public performance

      Nijverheidskade 15, 3534 AZ Utrecht

  • zo 26 okt.

    • 14:00 – 15:00
      Willem De Zwijgerkerk, Amsterdam
      Public performance

      Olympiaweg 14, 1076 VX Amsterdam

    • 19:30 – 21:30
      Verhalenhuis Haarlem, Haarlem
      Public performance

      Van Egmondstraat 7, 2024XL, Haarlem
      Reserveer hier een plek voor dit optreden.

  • ma 27 okt.

    • 14:00 – 14:50
      Vossius Gymnasium, Amsterdam
      Private social performance
    • 15:30 – 16:15
      COA Amsterdam, Amsterdam
      Private social performance
    • 19:00 – 20:00
      Amsterdam Youth Symphony Orchestra, Amsterdam
      Private social performance

  • di 28 okt.

    • 9:05 – 9:55
      College Zuid, Enschede
      Private social performance
    • 10:25 – 11:15
      College Zuid, Enschede
      Private social performance
    • 13:30 – 14:00
      Cosis, Meppel
      Private social performance
    • 14:00 – 14:30
      Cosis, Meppel
      Private social performance
    • 16:15 – 17:15
      Landgoed Verwolden, Laren
      Public performance

      Jonker Emilelaan 5, 7245 TL Laren

    • 19:30 – 21:30
      Rozet, Arnhem
      Public performance

      Kortestraat 16, 6811 EP Arnhem
      Reserveer hier een plek voor dit optreden.

  • wo 29 okt.

    • 10:45 – 11:45
      Basisschool Frankendael, Amsterdam
      Private social performance
    • 13:15 – 14:15
      Nieuw in Nederland, Bussum
      Private social performance
    • 16:00 – 17:00
      AZC Amersfoort, Amersfoort
      Private social performance
    • 17:30 – 18:15
      Jeugdorkest Amersfoort, Amersfoort
      Private social performance
    • 20:00 – 22:00
      Groene Afslag, Bussum
      Public performance

      Cissy van Marxveldtstraat 1, 1403 VM Bussum
      Reserveer hier een plek voor dit optreden.

  • do 30 okt.

    • 9:45 – 10:30
      Hyperion, Amsterdam
      Private social performance
    • 10:45 – 11:30
      Hyperion, Amsterdam
      Private social performance
    • 14:00 – 14:45
      HVO-Querido De Aak, Amsterdam
      Private social performance
    • 19:30 – 21:30
      De Duif, Amsterdam
      Public performance

      Prinsengracht 756, 1017 LD Amsterdam

Soloist

Bassoonist Bram van Sambeek is our soloist during Ricciotti's Klankbos.

Why and when did you start playing the bassoon?  
Toen ik tien jaar was, was ik het zat om blokfluit te spelen en wilde ik iets anders proberen. Mijn moeder leidde me door de open dag van de Groningse Muziekschool, zodat ik een nieuw instrument kon uitzoeken. Ze liet me het instrument zo kiezen dat ik niet alleen op grootte of de glans zou afgaan, want die factoren waren op die leeftijd voor mij belangrijk. Ik koos de fagot vooral op klank, maar ik was ook bijzonder tevreden over de grootte en de glans ervan.

Ricciotti performs in many different places. What is the craziest place you've ever played?
I naturally always looked for unusual places to play, so the list is long. The most crazy feeling was definitely playing while riding my bike. The well-known photo was taken at the Formula 1 circuit where the Australian Chamber Music Festival always rehearses. Additionally, like the Ricciotti ensemble, I have performed for many sheep and cows. 

Which artist (living or dead) would you like to have a coffee with, if you could??
Antonio Vivaldi. I would love to ask him why he composed as many as 40 bassoon concertos and how he envisioned the many nuances and effects in his music regarding performance and the character of the instrument. 

Photo: Joris-Jan Bos

Repertoire

Premieres
Faginus – Bert Barten (arr. Hugo Bouma) 
Door de bomen – Karmit Fadael

Classical
Forêts Paisibles (uit Les Indes galantes) – Jean-Philippe Rameau  
Nuit Calme – Henriëtte Bosmans (arr. Misha Sporck) 
Maple Leaf Rag – Scott Joplin (arr. Sybren Holwerda) 
Waldweben (uit Siegfried) – Richard Wagner  
Treemonisha Overture – Scott Joplin  
Clemenza di Tito Overture – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  
La Forêt Enchantée – Vincent d’Indy  
Pavane de la Belle au Bois dormant (uit Ma Mêre l’oye) – Maurice Ravel 
Le Jardin Féerique (uit Ma Mêre l’oye) – Maurice Ravel 
Japanese Suite – Gustav Holst 
Plink, Plank, Plunk! – Leroy Anderson

Repertoire
Oyvn Veg Shteyt A Boym – Traditional (arr. Oene van Geel) 
Boom Medley – Div. componisten (arr. Chris Muller) 
Det Var En Gong En Halling – Yggdrasil – (arr. Muirne van Mechelen) 
Olive Branch – Artemis (arr. Suzan Veneman) 
Tilia Cordata – Franz Schubert (arr. Hugo Bouma) 
Tarantella – Kapok (arr. Konrad Koselleck) 
Iroko – Abraham Rodríguez Jr. (arr. G.J. Binkhorst) 
Song of the Cedars – Cosmo Sheldrake (arr. Dorus van den Boomen) 
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree – Harry Williams (arr. Ida Weidner)

With Bram van Sambeek, bassoon
Vioolconcert, deel 3 – Mathilde Wantenaar (arr. Peter Davis) 
Fagotconcert in Es, RV 483 – Antonio Vivaldi  
Woodlands Bassoon Concerto, deel 3 – Sebastian Fagerlund
Thunderstruck – AC/DC (arr. Marijn van Prooijen) 
But Beautiful – Jimmy van Heusen (arr. Maripepa Contreras) 
November 22nd – Kinan Azmeh  
(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth – Metallica

Conductor – Douwe Nauta

Members

  • Flute

  • Marieke Renkema
  • Anna Magdalena

  • Oboe

  • Penélope Alcaide
  • Tessa van de Warenburg

  • Clarinet

  • Tigo Wichers
  • Poppie Joy Gillett

  • Bassoon

  • Dima Tishyn
  • Jilles Baljet

  • Saxophone

  • Tessa Frazer
  • Nonthapat Chaiviratnukul

  • French Horn

  • Els Bosma
  • Tobias van Dongen

  • Trumpet

  • Bram van Diemen
  • Sander Beens

  • Trombone

  • Luuk Eeftink

  • Drums/percussion

  • Baue Kunstman
  • Eber González

  • Violin 1

  • Esther Meershoek
  • Lieke Faber
  • Irene Huiberts
  • Julia Teerhuis
  • Jose Martinez
  • Adrián Abad Antoñanzas
  • Olav Slootbeek (cm)
  • Madu Nie

  • Violin 2

  • Annely Baard
  • Sonja Schravesande (av)
  • Marike Knegtering
  • Muirne van Mechelen
  • Kirsten Bedner
  • Kajsa Gosewinkel

  • Viola

  • Maria Martinez
  • Ido Heeres
  • Xanthe Zwart
  • Ivo Slootbeek (av)
  • Lot Postma

  • Cello

  • Emilia Caron
  • Tjalle Galama
  • Hedwig Kok (av)
  • Janko Wiebenga

  • Double Bass

  • Jovan Filipovich (av)
  • Dion Platschorre
  • Valentijn de Graaf

Tourjournaal

Funds

Ricciotti is structurally supported by the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and Fonds Podiumkunsten. Ricciotti's Klankbos is further made possible by a contribution from the Mr. August Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds, Zabawas, Triodos Foundation and W.J.O. de Vries fonds (Ars Donandi) . We can also count on annual support from our Groupies, Mecenassen and Vrienden.