Composers of all eras, from classical music to film music, drew colorful and whimsical pieces from the imagination.
Composers of all eras, from classical music to film music, have drawn colorful and whimsical pieces from the imagination - musical images of mythical creatures, real living beings and exotic foreign worlds. The Pindakaas Saxophone Quartet undertakes an expedition into this fascinating sphere of spirit and fantasy in its program "Phantasia" and unearths many an unknown piece from a familiar pen:
Famous "classics" such as Jacques Ibert, Claude Debussy, Benjamin Britten and Kurt Weill are heard alongside the long-forgotten, picturesque theater music of the Englishman Albert Ketèlbeys or the rousingly ingenious film music of John Williams ("Star Wars").
Entertainingly moderated and peppered with texts of prose and poetry, listeners encounter more than just dancing butterflies, camels and pink panthers in this imaginative musical world. They are joined by a jazz band of mythical creatures from outer space and a princess from the Arabian Nights.
The fine sound is the trademark of the Pindakaas Saxophone Quartet. Since its foundation in 1990, it has established itself in the classical music scene, also as a lateral thinker beyond the usual chamber music programs. The musicians were awarded the "Culture Prize" at the international master class "Chamber Music with Saxophones". The ensemble has given concerts at well-known festivals such as the International Summer Festival in Kuwait, the Arts & Galloway Festival in Scotland and the German-Italian Culture Week in Italy. The saxophonists have also given chamber and church concerts in Switzerland, the Netherlands and throughout Germany. Several CD recordings have since been released. With a good dash of self-irony, the quartet christened itself with the Dutch name "Pindakaas" (peanut butter). But be it aristocratic baroque music, elegant classical music or electrifying modern music: thanks to stylistically appropriate interpretations, compositions from all centuries always sound contemporary.
