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ERNST OTTENSAMER & SONS - clarinet trio
The clarinet trio "Ernst Ottensamer & Sons"
with Ernst Ottensamer, solo clarinet player of the Vienna Philharmonic and his sons
Andreas and Daniel (solo
clarinet player of the Vienna Philharmonic too), founded in 2005, wants to make public
the rare literature for three clarinets and for related instruments as bassett horn,
bass clarinet or Es-clarinet.
The repertoire of the trio includes original compositions for one till four clarinets
and also arrangements, also with piano, played by guests and the members of the trio.
Numerous concerts in some countries of Europe, Japan and USA and in famous concert
halls as in Wiener Musikverein, Brucknerhaus Linz, Musikverein Graz, Innsbruck, etc.
and at festivals (Pannonisches Forum, Gottfried v. Einem Tage, Salzburger Schlosskonzerte,
Internationale Musiktage Dürnstein, etc.).
2009 will appear a CD with works for 2 clarinets and basset horn at Octavia Records. |
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THOMAS
GABRIEL TRIO
Thomas Gabriel, piano
Gunnar Polansky, double-bass
Martin Klusmann, percussion
The three musicians knowed each other when they
studied at the Folkwang Music High School in Essen and founded 1981 the Thomas
Gabriel Trio. The profession of Thomas Gabriel today is as organist and precentor
in Seligenstadt, Gunnar Polansky is member of the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen
and Martin Klusmann is music teacher.
The trio appeared in hole Germany and also
in foreign countries. It produced numerous recordings for different radio and
TV stations.
1985 the Thomas Gabriel Trio was awarded with
the Kulturpreis of the city of Essen.
Remarks to the repertoire:
The jazz arrangements of the music from J.S. Bach by the Thomas Gabriel Trio
are thought for disclosed music lovers, they enjoy to listen, how the music
of the venerable Johann Sebastian Bach will be plunged in an "adventure
with regard to style" - and survives it without harm.
The music of the Thomas Gabriel Trio
differs from its forerunners essentially in the following aspects:
- the arrangements follows always the hole original composition
- the harmonic and architectural structure remains unaltered
- the proportions between the music Johann Sebastian Bachs and the improvisations
of the Thomas Gabriel Trios are in a good balance.
(remarks of Thomas Gabriel in the booklet of the CD "Bach Jazz") |
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WIENER VIRTUOSEN - Members of the Vienna Philharmonic
The basic cast of the ensemble is a string quartet
with double bass and a wind quintet, regarding the repertoire it can be made bigger
or smaller. The literature includes works from Viennese classic till music of the 20th
century, played with single strings and winds as in the score written and also arrangements
made for the ensemble.
Many well known soloists appeared in many concerts with the Wiener Virtuosen in several
countries of Europe, USA and Japan.
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