Walter Boeykens
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Knight Walter Boeykens January 6, 1938 Bornem
, Belgium is a Belgian conductor and a world renowned clarinetist. Boeykens has an impressive discography including several critically acclaimed performances that are testimony to his status as one of the most notable clarinetists of the 20th century. Walter Boeykens remains active and can still be heard in concert frequently all around the world.
(Netherlands).
Between 1964 en 1984 he was principal clarinetist of Belgian Radio and Television (BRT) Philharmonic Orchestra.
On December 20, 1968 he created Domaines by Pierre Boulez
—originally written for Hans Deinzer
— in the version for Clarinet and Orchestra with the BRT Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of the composer himself.
This achievement launched him onto the path of a very successful career as a soloist. As a consequence, he was invited to many of the big European music festivals such as those of Berlin, Paris, Warschau, Salzburg, and last but not least to the festivals of Wallonia and Flanders (both in Belgium).
He appeared as soloist in numerous concerts in Israel, the USA, Venezuela, Japan, Korea...
Leaving the BRT philharmonic in 1984 allowed him to fully develop his career as a soloist, and play under the 'baton of famous conductors such as Charles Münch
, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, Gary Bertini
, Leonard Bernstein
, James Conlon
, and many others.
In 1969, Boeykens was appointed professor at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory of Antwerp.
In 1972 he became professor at the "Académie Internationale d'Été de Nice". Additionally, Walter Boeykens holds assignments at the conservatories of Utrecht
, Rotterdam
and at the Fontys Conservatory in Tilburg
all in the Netherlands. Last but not least, he teaches at the "Cité de la Musique
" in Paris, France and at the "Scuola di Alto Perfezionamente Musicale" in Turin
in Italy.
In 1981, he founded the Walter Boeykens Clarinet Choir
at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory of Antwerp.
In 1987 he was on the jury of the Jeunesses Musicales
International Competition in Belgrade
. The jury members were:
In 1997 and 2001 he was on the jury of the Carl Nielsen International Music Competitions.
In 1997 the jury was composed of:
In 2001, jury members were:
Live concert in Japan:
Bornem
Bornem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Bornem proper, Hingene, Wintam, Mariekerke and Weert. On January 1, 2006 Bornem had a total population of 20,064...
, Belgium is a Belgian conductor and a world renowned clarinetist. Boeykens has an impressive discography including several critically acclaimed performances that are testimony to his status as one of the most notable clarinetists of the 20th century. Walter Boeykens remains active and can still be heard in concert frequently all around the world.
His career as a clarinetist
Boeykens studied the clarinet at the Royal Conservatory of Music Brussels. In 1965 he won the International competition for contemporary music of UtrechtUtrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
(Netherlands).
Between 1964 en 1984 he was principal clarinetist of Belgian Radio and Television (BRT) Philharmonic Orchestra.
On December 20, 1968 he created Domaines by Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor.-Early years:Boulez was born in Montbrison, Loire, France. As a child he began piano lessons and demonstrated aptitude in both music and mathematics...
—originally written for Hans Deinzer
Hans Deinzer
Hans Deinzer is a clarinetist and clarinet teacher. Now retired, he taught at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hannover for thirty years, and retired in 1996...
— in the version for Clarinet and Orchestra with the BRT Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of the composer himself.
This achievement launched him onto the path of a very successful career as a soloist. As a consequence, he was invited to many of the big European music festivals such as those of Berlin, Paris, Warschau, Salzburg, and last but not least to the festivals of Wallonia and Flanders (both in Belgium).
He appeared as soloist in numerous concerts in Israel, the USA, Venezuela, Japan, Korea...
Leaving the BRT philharmonic in 1984 allowed him to fully develop his career as a soloist, and play under the 'baton of famous conductors such as Charles Münch
Charles Münch
Charles Munch was an Alsatian symphonic conductor and violinist. Noted for his mastery of the French orchestral repertoire, he is best known as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.-Biography:...
, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, Gary Bertini
Gary Bertini
Gary Bertini was an Israeli conductor.-Biography:Gary Bertini was born Shloyme Golergant in Bricheva, Bessarabia, then in Romania, now in Donduşeni District, Moldova. His father, K. A. Bertini , was a poet and translator of the Russian and Yiddish Gary Bertini (Hebrew: גארי ברתיני) (born 1 May...
, Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
, James Conlon
James Conlon
James Conlon is an American conductor and the current Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera.-Early years:Conlon grew up in a family of five children on Cherry Street in Douglaston, Queens, New York. His mother, Angeline L. Conlon, was a freelance writer. His father was an assistant to the New...
, and many others.
In 1969, Boeykens was appointed professor at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory of Antwerp.
In 1972 he became professor at the "Académie Internationale d'Été de Nice". Additionally, Walter Boeykens holds assignments at the conservatories of Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
, Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
and at the Fontys Conservatory in Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
all in the Netherlands. Last but not least, he teaches at the "Cité de la Musique
Cité de la Musique
The Cité de la Musique is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the La Villette quarter, 19th arrondissement, Paris, France. It was designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc and opened in 1995...
" in Paris, France and at the "Scuola di Alto Perfezionamente Musicale" in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
in Italy.
In 1981, he founded the Walter Boeykens Clarinet Choir
Clarinet choir
A clarinet choir is an instrumental ensemble consisting entirely of instruments from the clarinet family. Typically it will include E♭, B♭, alto, bass, and contra-alto or contrabass clarinets, although some pieces are scored for a smaller set of instruments....
at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory of Antwerp.
In 1987 he was on the jury of the Jeunesses Musicales
Jeunesses Musicales
Jeunesses Musicales International is the largest youth music NGO in the world, created in Brussels, Belgium in 1945 with the mission to "enable young people to develop through music across all boundaries"...
International Competition in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. The jury members were:
- Milenko StefanovicMilenko StefanovicMilenko Stefanović is the most famous Serbian and Yugoslav clarinetist: a prizewinner in the international competitions in Moscow, Munich, Geneva and Prague, soloist who has achieved significant international career, long-time principal clarinetist of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra and...
, Yugoslavia, President - James CampbellJames Campbell (clarinetist)James Campbell is a Canadian/American clarinetist. James Campbell has followed his muse to five television specials, more than 40 recordings, over 30 works commissioned, a Juno Award , a Roy Thomson Hall Award, Canada's Artist of the Year and the Order of Canada...
, Canada - Walter Boeykens, Belgium
- Ludwig Kurkiewicz, Poland
- Thea KingThea KingDame Thea King DBE FRCM FGSM was a British clarinettist.Thea King was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, the daughter of Henry Walter Mayer King, the manager of a family engineering business, George. W. King Ltd., based in Hitchin then Stevenage, Hertfordshire, and his wife, Dorothea...
, UK - Ernest AckunErnest AckunErnest Ačkun was a Yugoslav / Slovenian clarinetist.-Early life:Ernest Ačkun was born in Hrastnik, Slovenia, which was then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia....
, Yugoslavia - Marko Rudzak, Yugoslavia
- Stjepan Rabuzin, Yugoslavia
In 1997 and 2001 he was on the jury of the Carl Nielsen International Music Competitions.
In 1997 the jury was composed of:
- Colin Bradbury President, UK
- Michel ArrignonMichel ArrignonMichel Arrignon is a French clarinetist and professor of clarinet at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.Arrignon studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. He played in the Orchestre Mondial des Jeunesses Musicales and won second prize in the Geneva...
France - Walter Boeykens, Belgium
- Hans DeinzerHans DeinzerHans Deinzer is a clarinetist and clarinet teacher. Now retired, he taught at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hannover for thirty years, and retired in 1996...
Germany - John Kruse Denmark
- Lee MorganLee MorganEdward Lee Morgan was an American hard bop trumpeter.-Biography:...
USA - Charles NeidichCharles NeidichCharles Neidich is an American classical clarinetist, composer, and conductor.-Early career:A native New Yorker of Russian and Greek descent, Charles Neidich began his clarinet studies with his father, Irving Neidich, at the age of eight, and continued them with the renowned teacher Leon Russianoff...
USA - Jens Schou Denmark
- Kjell-Inge Stevensson Sweden
- Niels Thomsen Denmark
In 2001, jury members were:
- Hans DeinzerHans DeinzerHans Deinzer is a clarinetist and clarinet teacher. Now retired, he taught at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hannover for thirty years, and retired in 1996...
Germany, President - Michel ArrignonMichel ArrignonMichel Arrignon is a French clarinetist and professor of clarinet at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.Arrignon studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. He played in the Orchestre Mondial des Jeunesses Musicales and won second prize in the Geneva...
France - Søren Birkelund Denmark
- Walter Boeykens Belgium
- Béla Kovács Hungary
- John Kruse Denmark
- Sabine MeyerSabine MeyerSabine Meyer is a German classical clarinetist.-Biography:Meyer began playing the clarinet at an early age. Her first teacher was her father, also a clarinetist...
Germany - Charles NeidichCharles NeidichCharles Neidich is an American classical clarinetist, composer, and conductor.-Early career:A native New Yorker of Russian and Greek descent, Charles Neidich began his clarinet studies with his father, Irving Neidich, at the age of eight, and continued them with the renowned teacher Leon Russianoff...
USA - Jens Schou Denmark
- Kjell-Inge Stevensson Sweden
Prizes and honours
Boeykens has been awarded many honours and prizes:- 1975 Grand Prix du disque
- 1988: The fifth "Prudens Van Duyse"-prize
- 1995: The "Speciale Cultuurprijs van de Gemeente Bornem"
- Walter Boeykens is cultural ambassador of FlandersFlandersFlanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
since 1995 - In 1996 he received the Golden Medal of the Flemish government
- In 1997 Walter Boeykens was knighted by King Albert II of BelgiumAlbert II of BelgiumAlbert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
in recognition of his lifetime achievement in music. - In 2007 he was awarded the title "Maestro Honoris Causa" at the "Hogeschool AntwerpenHogeschool AntwerpenArtesis Hogeschool Antwerpen is a major college in Flanders, Belgium, with campusses in Antwerp, Mechelen, Lier and Turnhout...
" by the "Antwerp Conservatory Foundation".
Recordings on LP
- Cultura 5072-1 (p) 1975
- Elias Gistelinck; Shouts for Solo Clarinet;
- Alpha DB 217 (p) 1976
- Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
; Clarinet Quintet in A-major, KV581 - Carl Maria von WeberCarl Maria von WeberCarl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
; Clarinet Quintet op.34 in B-flat major
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- The contemporary Clarinet; CBS 73840 (p) 1979
- Igor StravinskyIgor StravinskyIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
; Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo - André LaporteAndré LaporteAndré Laporte is a Belgian composer.-Biography:Laporte studied music with Edgard de Laet, Flor Peeters, and Marinus De Jong at the Lemmens Institute in Mechelen, and musicology and philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven from 1953 to 1957...
; Reflections (Inner Space Music) - Henri PousseurHenri PousseurHenri Pousseur was a Belgian composer.-Biography:Pousseur studied at the Academies of Music in Liège and in Brussels from 1947 to 1953. He was closely associated with Pierre Froidebise and André Souris...
; Madrigal I - Elias Gistelinck; Shouts for Solo Clarinet
- Olivier MessiaenOlivier MessiaenOlivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...
; Abime des oiseaux from "Quatuor pour la fin du temps" - Pierre BoulezPierre BoulezPierre Boulez is a French composer of contemporary classical music, a pianist, and a conductor.-Early years:Boulez was born in Montbrison, Loire, France. As a child he began piano lessons and demonstrated aptitude in both music and mathematics...
; Domaines
- Igor Stravinsky
- Terpsichore 1982 021 (p) 1982
- Igor StravinskyIgor StravinskyIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
; Histoire du soldatHistoire du soldatHistoire du soldat , composed by Igor Stravinsky, is a 1918 theatrical work "to be read, played, and danced" . The libretto, which is based on a Russian folk tale, was written in French by the Swiss universalist writer C.F. Ramuz... - Béla BartókBéla BartókBéla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
; ContrastsContrasts (Bartók)Contrasts is a 1938 composition scored for clarinet-violin-piano trio by Béla Bartók . It is based on Hungarian and Romanian dance melodies and has three movements with a combined duration of 17-20 minutes. Bartók wrote the work in response to a letter from violinist Joseph Szigeti, although it...
- Igor Stravinsky
- Musique Française pour clarinette et piano EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
1A 065 64959 (p) 1982- Camille Saint-SaënsCamille Saint-SaënsCharles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano op.167 - Philippe GaubertPhilippe GaubertPhilippe Gaubert was a French musician who was a distinguished performer on the flute, a respected conductor, and a composer, primarily for the flute....
; Fantaisie - Ernest ChaussonErnest ChaussonAmédée-Ernest Chausson was a French romantic composer who died just as his career was beginning to flourish.-Life:Ernest Chausson was born in Paris into a prosperous bourgeois family...
; Andante et Allegro - Gabriel PiernéGabriel PiernéHenri Constant Gabriel Pierné was a French composer, conductor, and organist.-Biography:Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz in 1863. His family moved to Paris to escape the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, gaining first prizes for solfège, piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue...
; CanzonettaCanzonettaIn music, a canzonetta was a popular Italian secular vocal composition which originated around 1560... - Henri RabaudHenri RabaudHenri Rabaud was a French conductor and composer, who held important posts in the French musical establishment and upheld mainly conservative trends in French music in the first half of the twentieth century....
; Solo de Concours, op.10 - André MessagerAndré MessagerAndré Charles Prosper Messager , was a French composer, organist, pianist, conductor and administrator. His stage compositions included ballets and 30 opéra comiques and operettas, among which Véronique, had lasting success, with Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire also enjoying international...
; Solo de Concours - Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
; Première Rhapsodie pour Clarinette et Orchestre
- Camille Saint-Saëns
Recordings on SACD
- Etcetera KTC5261 (p) 2003
- Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
;- Clarinet Concerto in A, KV622
- Clarinet Quintet in A, KV581
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
As Soloist
- Arcobaleno SBCD-8400 (p) 1989
- Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
; Quintet in B minor op.115
- Johannes Brahms
- Aurophon AU 34019 CD (p) 1992
- Georges Meister; Erwin, Fantasy for Clarinet and Symphonic Wind Band
- de Haske DHR 11.004-3 © (p) 1996
- Gioachino Rossini arr. Tohru Takahashi; Variations for Clarinet in a version with Military Band.
- de Haske DHR 16.011-3 © (p) 1998
- Henri RabaudHenri RabaudHenri Rabaud was a French conductor and composer, who held important posts in the French musical establishment and upheld mainly conservative trends in French music in the first half of the twentieth century....
; Solo de Concours, op.10; - Niels Wilhelm GadeNiels Wilhelm GadeNiels Wilhelm Gade was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher. He is considered the most important Danish musician of his day.-Biography:...
; Fantasistykker, op.43 - Sir Malcolm ArnoldMalcolm ArnoldSir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE was an English composer and symphonist.Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, but by age thirty his life was devoted to composition. He was ranked with Benjamin Britten as one of the most sought-after composers in Britain...
; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano - Leonard BernsteinLeonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano - Robert SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
; Fantasiestücke, op.73 - Gabriel PiernéGabriel PiernéHenri Constant Gabriel Pierné was a French composer, conductor, and organist.-Biography:Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz in 1863. His family moved to Paris to escape the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, gaining first prizes for solfège, piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue...
; Canzonetta, op.19; - Francis PoulencFrancis PoulencFrancis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and a member of the French group Les six. He composed solo piano music, chamber music, oratorio, choral music, opera, ballet music, and orchestral music...
; Sonate for Clarinet and Piano
- Henri Rabaud
- EPR-CLASSIC EPRC 002 © 2007,
- Jean FrançaixJean FrançaixJean René Désiré Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style.-Life:...
; Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra - August Verbesselt; Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
- Marcel PootMarcel PootMarcel Poot was a Belgian composer, professor, and musician. His father, Jan Poot, was Director of the Vlaamse Schouwburg in Brussels....
; Clarinet Concerto
- Jean Françaix
- EPR-CLASSIC EPRC 001 © 2007,
- Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
; Quintet in B minor op.115
- Johannes Brahms
- EratoErato RecordsErato Records is a record label founded in 1953 to promote French classical music. In 1992 it became part of Warner Bros. Records. In 1999 Erato launched a subsidiary Detour Records....
2292-45459-2 © 1991, (p) 1991- Carl Maria von WeberCarl Maria von WeberCarl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
;- Concerto in F major op.73 J114 for Clarinet and Orchestra;
- Concertino in c minor op.26 J109 for Clarinet and Orchestra;
- Concerto in E-flat major op.74 J118 for Clarinet and Orchestra;
- Carl Maria von Weber
- Harmonia MundiHarmonia MundiHarmonia Mundi is an independent music record label founded in 1958 by Bernard Coutaz in Arles . The Latin phrase means "world harmony"....
HMC 901356 © 1991, (p) 1991- Igor StravinskyIgor StravinskyIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
; Histoire du soldat; - Béla BartókBéla BartókBéla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
; Contrasts; - Alban BergAlban BergAlban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique.-Early life:Berg was born in...
; 2nd movement from Kammerkonzert;
- Igor Stravinsky
- Harmonia MundiHarmonia MundiHarmonia Mundi is an independent music record label founded in 1958 by Bernard Coutaz in Arles . The Latin phrase means "world harmony"....
HMC 901371 (p) 1991- Max BruchMax BruchMax Christian Friedrich Bruch , also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.-Life:Bruch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province, where he...
; Eight Pieces op.83 - Alexander von Zemlinski; Trio in D minor op.3
- Max Bruch
- Harmonia MundiHarmonia MundiHarmonia Mundi is an independent music record label founded in 1958 by Bernard Coutaz in Arles . The Latin phrase means "world harmony"....
HMC 901433- Franz KrommerFranz KrommerFranz Krommer was a Czech composer of classical music, whose seventy-year life began the year of the death of George Frideric Handel and ended a few years after that of Ludwig van Beethoven.-Life:The main events of his life were somewhat as follows:* From 1773 to 1776,...
;- Concerto for two clarinets and orchestra op.35 in E-flat major
- Concerto for clarinet and orchestra op.36 in E-flat major
- Franz Anton HoffmeisterFranz Anton HoffmeisterFranz Anton Hoffmeister was a German composer and music publisher.Born in Rottenburg am Neckar, he went to Vienna at the age of fourteen to study law...
;- Concerto for two clarinets and Orchestra in E-flat major
- Franz Krommer
- Harmonia MundiHarmonia MundiHarmonia Mundi is an independent music record label founded in 1958 by Bernard Coutaz in Arles . The Latin phrase means "world harmony"....
HMC 901489 © 1994, (p) 1994- Carl NielsenCarl NielsenCarl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...
; Concerto for ClarinetClarinet Concerto (Nielsen)Carl Nielsen's Concerto for Clarinet and orchestra, op. 57 [D.F.129] was written for Danish clarinetist Aage Oxenvad in 1928. The concerto is presented in one long movement, with four distinct theme groups.-History:...
and Orchestra
- Carl Nielsen
- Harmonia MundiHarmonia MundiHarmonia Mundi is an independent music record label founded in 1958 by Bernard Coutaz in Arles . The Latin phrase means "world harmony"....
HMC 905232 © 1996, (p) 1996- Joan Albert AmargósJoan Albert AmargósJoan Albert Amargós is a Spanish composer and conductor born in Barcelona in 1950. Amargós is an instrumentalist on piano and clarinet, and has composed a number of chamber and symphonic works...
; Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1995)
- Joan Albert Amargós
- René Gailly International Productions CD87 075 © 1994, (p) 1994
- Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovNikolai Rimsky-KorsakovNikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five.The Five, also known as The Mighty Handful or The Mighty Coterie, refers to a circle of composers who met in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in the years 1856–1870: Mily Balakirev , César...
; Konzertstück in E-flat major for Clarinet and Military Band;
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- René Gailly International Productions CD87 011 © 1986, (p) 1986
- André LaporteAndré LaporteAndré Laporte is a Belgian composer.-Biography:Laporte studied music with Edgard de Laet, Flor Peeters, and Marinus De Jong at the Lemmens Institute in Mechelen, and musicology and philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven from 1953 to 1957...
; Sequenza I for Solo Clarinet;
- André Laporte
- RicercarRicercarA ricercar is a type of late Renaissance and mostly early Baroque instrumental composition. The term means to search out, and many ricercars serve a preludial function to "search out" the key or mode of a following piece...
RIS 065044 (p) 1989 (Disque Choc in France)- Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
;- Sonate F minor op 120/1
- Sonate E-flat major op 120/2
- Trio op.114 for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
- Johannes Brahms
- Talent DOM 29151 © 1998, (p) 1982
- Camille Saint-SaënsCamille Saint-SaënsCharles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano op.167; - Philippe GaubertPhilippe GaubertPhilippe Gaubert was a French musician who was a distinguished performer on the flute, a respected conductor, and a composer, primarily for the flute....
; Fantaisie; - Ernest ChaussonErnest ChaussonAmédée-Ernest Chausson was a French romantic composer who died just as his career was beginning to flourish.-Life:Ernest Chausson was born in Paris into a prosperous bourgeois family...
; Andante et Allegro; - Gabriel PiernéGabriel PiernéHenri Constant Gabriel Pierné was a French composer, conductor, and organist.-Biography:Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz in 1863. His family moved to Paris to escape the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, gaining first prizes for solfège, piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue...
; CanzonettaCanzonettaIn music, a canzonetta was a popular Italian secular vocal composition which originated around 1560...
; - Henri RabaudHenri RabaudHenri Rabaud was a French conductor and composer, who held important posts in the French musical establishment and upheld mainly conservative trends in French music in the first half of the twentieth century....
; Solo de Concours, op.10; - André MessagerAndré MessagerAndré Charles Prosper Messager , was a French composer, organist, pianist, conductor and administrator. His stage compositions included ballets and 30 opéra comiques and operettas, among which Véronique, had lasting success, with Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire also enjoying international...
; Solo de Concours; - Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
; Première Rhapsodie pour Clarinette et Orchestre;
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Talent DPM 291009 © 1987, (p) 1987
- Carl Maria von WeberCarl Maria von WeberCarl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
;- Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major op.34 J182;
- 7 Variations on a theme from "Silvana" for CLarinet and Piano op.33 J128;
- Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Strings op.posth;
- Grand Duo Concertant in E-flat major for Clarinet and Piano op.48 J204;
- Carl Maria von Weber
- Talent DPM 291008 © 1988, (p) 1988
- Carl Maria von WeberCarl Maria von WeberCarl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
;- Concertino in c minor op.26 J109 for Clarinet and Orchestra;
- Concerto in F major op.73 J114 for Clarinet and Orchestra;
- Concerto in E-flat major op.74 J118 for Clarinet and Orchestra;
- Carl Maria von Weber
- Vanguard Classics 99042 © 1995, (p) 1994
- Robert Groslot;
- Achaé, la docile amie for Clarinet and Orchestra;
- I Colli Senesi for Two Clarinets (with Anne Boeykens;
- The Tunnel for Clarinet and Piano;
- Robert Groslot;
Boeykens Clarinet Choir
- Vanguard Classics 99042 © 1995, (p) 1994
- Witold Lutosławski, arrang. Robert Groslot; Dance PreludesDance PreludesDance Preludes was a ballet made by Miriam Mahdaviani on New York City Ballet to Witold Lutosławski's 1955 music as a pièce d'occasion for the Dancers' Emergency Fund Benefit, February 24, 1991, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center...
for Clarinet Solo and Clarinet Choir; - Robert Groslot; I Giardini della Villa d'Este for Voice and Clarinet Choir;
- Witold Lutosławski, arrang. Robert Groslot; Dance Preludes
- René Gailly International Productions CD87 003 © 1987, (p) 1986
- Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
arrang. Maarten Jense; Toccata and Fugue in D minorToccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a piece of organ music attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. It is one of the most famous works in the organ repertoire, and has been used in a variety of popular media ranging from film, video games, to rock music, and ringtones...
; - Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
arrang. Maarten Jense; Rosamund Incidential Music, D797; - Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
arrang. Russel Howland; Petite Suite; - Witold Lutosławski, arrang. Robert Groslot; Dance PreludesDance PreludesDance Preludes was a ballet made by Miriam Mahdaviani on New York City Ballet to Witold Lutosławski's 1955 music as a pièce d'occasion for the Dancers' Emergency Fund Benefit, February 24, 1991, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center...
for Clarinet Solo and Clarinet Choir; - Norman Heim; Introduction and Concertante for Bass Clarinet and Clarinet Choir op.58;
- Jan L. Coeck; Clarifonia;
- Johann Sebastian Bach
Live concert in Japan:
- Kosei Publishing Company KOCD-2502 © 1993 (p) 1993
- Gioacchino RossiniGioacchino RossiniGioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces...
arrang. Harold G. Palmer; Overture from "L'italiana in AlgeriL'italiana in AlgeriL'italiana in Algeri is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca...
"; - August De BoeckAugust de BoeckJulianus Marie August de Boeck was a Flemish composer, organist and music pedagogue....
arrang. Maarten Jense; Impromptu; - Gioacchino Rossini arrang. Walter Boeykens; Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra in E-flat major;
- Frits Celis; Incantations op.22;
- Jean "Toots" ThielemansToots ThielemansJean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans , known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century...
arrang. Eddy House; Bluesette; - Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
arrang. Maarten Jense; RosamundeRosamundeRosamunde can refer to:* The German name for the Beer Barrel Polka* Music by Franz Schubert:**Rosamunde incidental music**Rosamunde String Quartet **Impromptu in B flat major, Op. 142 No. 3...
Incidental Music, D797; - Peter Benoit arrang. Johan De Doncker; Luim;
- Jan Van der RoostJan Van der RoostJan Van der Roost is a Belgian composer.Van der Roost was educated at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven , and followed further studies at the Royal Conservatory in Ghent and the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp. Since 1984 Van der Roost is a professor of counterpoint and fugue at the...
arrang. Maarten Jense; Rikudim (Four Israeli Folk Dances); - Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
arrang. Maarten Jense; Toccata and Fugue in D minorToccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a piece of organ music attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. It is one of the most famous works in the organ repertoire, and has been used in a variety of popular media ranging from film, video games, to rock music, and ringtones...
;
- Gioacchino Rossini
Recordings of the Ensemble Walter Boeykens
Several recordings on the music label Harmonia MundiHarmonia Mundi
Harmonia Mundi is an independent music record label founded in 1958 by Bernard Coutaz in Arles . The Latin phrase means "world harmony"....
Conducting a Symphonic Band
- Harmonieorkest St-Michael Thorn, Telstar TAR 19906 TL (p) 1978
- Alessandro MarcelloAlessandro MarcelloAlessandro Marcello was an Italian nobleman, poet, philosopher, mathematician and musician.-Biography:...
arr. Leo Stratermans; Concerto for Oboe in C Major - Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovNikolai Rimsky-KorsakovNikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five.The Five, also known as The Mighty Handful or The Mighty Coterie, refers to a circle of composers who met in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in the years 1856–1870: Mily Balakirev , César...
arr. Gerardo Lasilli; Flight of the Bumblebee - Aram Katsjaturian arr. Theo AdamsTheo AdamsTheo Adams , previously referred to as The-O, is a performance artist and director of the contemporary theatrical performance art group Theo Adams Company.-Personal life:...
; Lesghinka from the ballet Gayaneh - Jules MassenetJules MassenetJules Émile Frédéric Massenet was a French composer best known for his operas. His compositions were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and he ranks as one of the greatest melodists of his era. Soon after his death, Massenet's style went out of fashion, and many of his operas...
arr. Gerard Boedijn; Scenes Alsaciennes
- Alessandro Marcello
Jazz Recordings
- CODA COD003 © 1994, (p) 1994
- The Other Side with Judy NiemackJudy NiemackJudy Niemack is an American jazz vocalist.Niemack sang in a church choir from age seven. She decided on a professional career in singing at age 17, and soon after met Warne Marsh, who encouraged her to explore jazz. She studied jazz at Pasadena City College, and later at the New England...
and Marc Matthys
- The Other Side with Judy Niemack
Works written for him
- Raymond Chevreuille; ConcertoConcertoA concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
- Jan Coeck; ConcertoConcertoA concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
- Elias Gistelinck; Shouts
- Robert Groslot;
- Variations on a Theme by Paganini
- The Tunnel for Clarinet and Piano;
- André LaporteAndré LaporteAndré Laporte is a Belgian composer.-Biography:Laporte studied music with Edgard de Laet, Flor Peeters, and Marinus De Jong at the Lemmens Institute in Mechelen, and musicology and philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven from 1953 to 1957...
;- Reflections (Inner Space Music);
- Sequenza I for Solo Clarinet;
- Marcel PootMarcel PootMarcel Poot was a Belgian composer, professor, and musician. His father, Jan Poot, was Director of the Vlaamse Schouwburg in Brussels....
; ConcertoConcertoA concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
; - August Verbesselt; ConcertoConcertoA concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...
- Michael HerschMichael HerschMichael Nathaniel Hersch is an American composer and pianist.-Biography:Initial inspiration and musical educationBorn in Washington, D.C., and raised in Reston, Virginia, Hersch was introduced to classical music at the age of 18 by his younger brother Jamie, who showed him a videotape of Georg...
; Work for Clarinet and Cello; premiered at the PantheonPantheon, RomeThe Pantheon ,Rarely Pantheum. This appears in Pliny's Natural History in describing this edifice: Agrippae Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis; in columnis templi eius Caryatides probantur inter pauca operum, sicut in fastigio posita signa, sed propter altitudinem loci minus celebrata.from ,...
in Rome in 2001 as part of the RomaEuropa Festival.