Podium
Astria Oboe Trio is a trendsetter with surprising cross-overs in music, including combinations with other artistic expressions. Love Bade Me Welcome, Seven Tears, Uncover My Love, Confrontations and Geloof mij maar niet are each unique in their genre.
Discography
Intimate sampling of the music? Patchwork, Impressions and Variations reflect a diverse repertoire performed by Astria Oboe Trio.
Podium
“I have really enjoyed the three concerts of such a high level and so full of novelties… cosy, small scale, close to the musicians and literary performers. In order to have heard and seen everything I would like to hear all three of them one or more times more!”
Kristien Rohaert, participant at the Astria Festival in Vichte, where Uncover My Love, Confrontations and Geloof mij maar niet premiered.
Confrontations
Johann Sebastian Bach confronted with Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Dirk Brossé and Dobrinka Tabakova. In spite of the contrasts there is a beautiful balance between the melancholic oboes and the percussion mallets on the one hand and baroque music and minimalistic garlands of music notes on the other.
Performers: Astria Oboe Trio, As One (percussion)
Geloof mij maar niet
Fairy tales by Godfried Bomans in combination with atmospheric music composed by Erik Desimpelaere. Gnomes, stupid and clever kings, beautiful princesses and a cute jester each get their musical theme, which adds a dimension to the text.
Performers: Astria Oboe Trio, Ella Michiels (text), David Desimpelaere (double bass), Erik Desimpelaere (piano)
Love Bade Me Welcome
Songs and folksongs by Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Performers: Astria Oboe Trio, Lore Binon (soprano), Anouk Sturtewagen (harp)
Seven Tears
Lachrimae, Seven Tears by John Dowland reflected in the comtemporary composition by Tõnu Kõrvits against the background of video images by Mark Raidpere.
Performers: Astria Oboe Trio, HaftCraft (bassoon and double bassoon) and Wim Maeseele (arch lute)
Uncover My Love
Sonnets by Shakespeare with music by Henry Purcell and Arnold Kasar.
Performers: Astria Oboe Trio, HaftCraft (bassoon and double bassoon) Stefaan Degand (actor) and Arnold Kasar (keyboards)
Discography
Impressions
Music by Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré and Eugène Bozza.
Performers: Astria Oboe Trio, Graziano Moretto (bassoon)
Patchwork
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Gordon Jacob, Jan Joris Nieuwenhuis, Erik Desimpelaere and Jacques Ibert.
Performers: Astria Oboe Trio
Variations
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Jan Koetsier, Johannes Brahms, Franz Vincent Krommer and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Performers: Astria Oboe Trio