WATER & FIRE
Eric Sleichim and organ player Reitze Smits arranged 2 iconic works of Handel, the Water Music suite and Music for the Royal Fireworks, for saxophone quintet (BL!NDMAN [sax] plus Eric Sleichim (this time once again on alto) and grand organ.
Saxophone(s) and organ have already been combined several times in new music. The sound of the instruments mix splendidly and also in terms of dynamics organ and saxophone quintet match perfectly, as well in the louder passages as in the more silent parts. The monumental character of Handel’s orchestral score is emphasized in this unique instrumentation.
Handel’s iconic orchestral suites flank Le Cahos, the opening movement of Jean-Féry Rebel’s Les Elémens, a musical punch-in-the-face long ahead of its time.
Eric Sleichim and Reitze Smits: artistic direction, arrangements
BL!NDMAN [sax]
Pieter Pellens: soprano saxophone
Hendrik Pellens: alto saxophone
Piet Rebel: tenor saxophone
Sebastiaan Cooman: baritone saxophone
Eric Sleichim: alto saxophone
Ben Van Nespen: organ
Programme
Georg Friedrich Händel / Arr. Eric Sleichim & Reitze Smits : The Water Music (sélection), Music for the Royal Fireworks
Jean-Féry Rebel / Arr. Eric Sleichim: Le Cahos
Olivier Messiaen / Arr. Eric Sleichim: Le Verbe (de La Nativité du Seigneur)
Agenda
