Calefax - Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin

Recorded at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in March 2021. Watch the full concert 'The New World According to Dvořák' at the Dutch platform Concert in Huis: www.classic.nl/concertinhuis/137.
Music: Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin (arr. Raaf Hekkema)
Sheet music available: calefax.nl/sho...
Our album AN AMERICAN RHAPSODY is available in our shop: calefax.nl/sho...
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Video recording and editing by Eric de Clercq
Audio recording and editing by Oliver Boekhoorn

[@alt-en-a]

Wat een waanzinnig geweldig arrangement. En natuurlijk ook prachtig uitgevoerd! Zo fijn dat 't die kenmerkende Gershwin-sfeer uitstraalt!

[@fokkebaarda]

Wow! I always liked your smart arrangements and superb 'orchestrations' for the 30+ years I know you. But this reworking of a masterpiece is exceptional. I was waiting for the disappointment of missing the virtuoso piano part, but it never came. The whole piece sounded logical and 'complete' from the first bar to the last. Chapeau.

[@paulvanleeuwen]

Music from a different level. Excellent performance. Thanks gentlemen!

[@bralingii1635]

Delightful! Gorgeous tone all.

[@CalefaxReedQuintet]

Thank you!

[@j.r.1210]

Top-tier virtuosity and a stunning arrangement. I appreciate the recreation of the piano part in great detail, not just the orchestral material. (And as a saxophonist, I'm always proud to see such superb writing by a fellow alto player.) You guys are truly one of the most formidable chamber ensembles on Earth -- and you had to build it all from scratch!

[@heinvanmaarschalkerwaart9799]

Great arrangement and excellent playing!

[@heinvanmaarschalkerwaart9799]

Zijn jullie bekend met mijn arrs voor klarinet kwartet/saxofoon kwartet van Gershwin tunes Ze staan op KZbin onder mijn artiesten naam Art Marshall.

[@user-un2nc4wu4o]

Incendiary, masterly, professional !!! Bravo!!! A wonderful ensemble !!!

[@arjanpelle]

Amazing. This vid deserves much more views.

[@rodolfobertolini4670]

Super!!! I play the bass clarinet in a reed quintet in Argentina called Torre7ensamble. We have a version with piano. Thank you very much for being the pioneers and our inspirers.

[@CalefaxReedQuintet]

Thanks Bertolini for your compliments! This is a new arrangement by our saxophonist Raaf. We're so thankful that we can be an inspiration for reed quintets like yours. So proud! Keep on going with your great work 🎶

[@bozartsevents]

Bertolini, how may I contact you directly? I'm Bristol UK-based David Adams and am on Facebook

[@CrypticMusic]

Bravo gents, sounds fantastic and I didn’t miss the piano at all! Big congratulations to Raaf on another brilliant arrangement.

[@absolutpot]

I lack the words to adequately explain how your performance affected me. Brilliant!

[@davidvillaescribano5178]

Guys! this thing sounds unbelivable! GO!

[@CalefaxReedQuintet]

Thank you David!

[@user-vw8ep1pm3o]

凄い凄い凄い凄い！！！！

[@marikasipka1892]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@emilycooper3239]

I was hoping you would make an arrangement of this! My reed quintet just performed your arrangement of An American in Paris. Do you plan on selling your arrangement to this too?

[@CalefaxReedQuintet]

In the future, yes, but first we want to play it ourselves on several concerts. We will post it on our socials when the sheet music becomes available in our shop!

[@bozartsevents]

@@CalefaxReedQuintet Wow Raaf - another brilliant arrangement. Thank you so much for enriching the chamber music repertoire as you and Calefax do. Superb.

[@CalefaxReedQuintet]

Hi Emily, great news! The sheet music of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in now available in our shop: www.calefax.nl/shop

[@erniegross4780]

Since there's already a Bass Clarinet there, why give that solo to the basson?