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木笛盛宴 A Feast for Flutes
2015/11/8, SUN, 18:00 
2015/11/3, TUE, 19:30 台北蘆洲功學社音樂廳 KHS HALL, Taipei 
 

法蘭德斯木笛四重奏 (比利時) 

Flanders Recorder Quartet, Belgium 

自1987年創團以來,法蘭德斯木笛四重奏已經躋身於世界頂尖的樂團之一。1990年拿下比利時“Musica Antique"大賽首獎得主後,開始進行忙碌的職業樂團演出生涯。

 

走遍5大洲、超過1800場的音樂會,足跡遍及日本東京、美國紐約、奧地利薩爾茲堡等著名的音樂聖地,在全球早期音樂領域中占有一席之地。此外,法蘭德斯也定期以客席音樂家的身份參與國際各地重要的音樂節,曾拜訪過赫爾辛基、巴黎、日內瓦、波士頓、溫哥華、新加坡、台北、墨西哥等城市,並與國際重要古典音樂大廠合作專輯錄音:Harmonia Mundi, Archiv/Deutsche Grammophon, Ricercar, 及OPUS 111。自2003年起,與德國廠牌AEOLUS進行長期的合作。

 

目前法蘭德斯的四位成員,皆於音樂學院中擔任專任教授,以其對於巴洛克音樂豐富的學識與涵養,透過學院的教授傳遞給新一代的音樂家,在這樣的教學推廣下,不論是早期音樂或是現代音樂的樂派風格,都能讓木笛演奏家多元學習到。樂團曾出版過關於木笛樂團演奏的書籍,至今於全球被翻成多國語言出版。

 

法蘭德斯木笛四重奏以他們相當細膩的編曲及演奏功力備受推崇,至今已有超過50首以上的作品原創寫給其樂團,有些曲目更被出版:「The Flanders Recorder Quartet Series」(German publishing house Heinrichshofen),遍及全球的演出經歷,更或得國際傳媒一致的讚賞:“The players swayed and swooned, combining the breathy timbre of a portative organ with the expressive interplay of a fine string quartet” (S. Smith, New York Times).

 

 

Since its foundation in 1987, the Flanders Recorder Quartet has evolved into one of the world’s top ensembles. Their success in 1990 at the prestigious Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges (B), which is sponsored by the Flanders Festival, was the start of an extensive concert career. After more than 1800 concerts in 42 countries on five continents, including some in world-famous concert halls in Tokyo, New York and Salzburg, the ensemble has attained a prominent position in the world of Early Music. The ensemble also makes regular guest appearances at leading music festivals such as those in Helsinki, Paris, Geneva, Boston, Vancouver, Singapore, Taipei and Mexico City. Numerous prizewinning recordings have been made for record companies such as Harmonia Mundi, Archiv/Deutsche Grammophon, Ricercar, and OPUS III. In 2003 the quartet entered a long and intensive collaboration with the German label AEOLUS.

 

 

The Flanders Recorder Quartet showcases an instrument that was underestimated for two centuries. In their extraordinary collection are reproductions after illustrations by Virdung (1511), after originals from the collection of Henry VIII, a Baroque contrabass recorder some 2.3 meters in length (which was built by Friedrich von Huene, Boston), and modern recorders by Hans Coolsma, Utrecht. Their extensive collection of instruments and highly virtuosic performance of a richly varied program makes each concert an unforgettable experience and allows the recorder, one of the most important instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, to shine in its former splendour.

 

 

The members or the Flanders Recorder Quartet have also built up impressive careers as teachers, and are able to convey their pedagogical ideas in an inspiring manner in their capacities as professors as well as at master classes. In doing so, they do not avoid the confrontation between contemporary and early music. A tangible result of this work is the book ‘The Finishing Touch of Ensemble Playing’ (Alamire, 2000), which has been translated into a number of languages.

 

The Flanders Recorder Quartet has been acclaimed for its sensitive arrangements and more than fifty compositions have been dedicated to the group. Some of these pieces have been made publicly available in the ensemble’s own series of editions, ‘The Flanders Recorder Quartet Series’, published by the German publishing house Heinrichshofen. The press, public, and international juries have praised the clarity of ensemble playing, technical perfection, homogeneous sound, and true-to-style interpretation: “The FRQ brings joy to the hearts of the overwhelmed listeners” (Japanese Journal Yomiuri Simbun)

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