asko ensemble

The Asko Ensemble performs contemporary music.  www.asko-ensemble.nl/fs
In 1999 and in 2003 they played Zappa compositions in concert:

In 1999 they did a concert dedicated to Frank Zappa.

1999/06/25, the Asko Ensemble, conducted by Stefan Asbury, performed:

"Frank Zappa and the Fathers Of Invention"

1999/06/25 concert 'het concertgebouw', amsterdam, the netherlands

the program:

  1. żTango? (Conlon Nancarrow - arr. Charles Schwobel & Yves Mikhashoff  /  transc.Charles Schwobel
  2. Be Bop Tango (Frank Zappa - arr. Ali N. Askin)
  3. Get Whitey (Frank Zappa - arr. Ali N. Askin)
  4. Set Of Four Ragtime Dances (Charles Ives)
  5. Intégrales (Edgard Varčse - reworked by Chou Wen-Chung)
  6. Piece no. 2 For Small Orchestra (Conlon Nancarrow)
  7. Dance For Burgess (Edgard Varčse - reworked by Chou Wen-Chung)
  8. The Perfect Stranger (Frank Zappa - arr. Ali N. Askin)
  9. Dupree's Paradise (Frank Zappa - arr. Ali N. Askin)
  10. G-Spot Tornado (Frank Zappa - arr. Ali N. Askin)

 

In 2003 they did another concert performing Zappa's music.

2003/12/04 concert 'paradiso', amsterdam, the netherlands
and
2003/12/06 concert 'enschede muziekcentrum', enschede, the netherlands

  • The Asko Ensemble
    • Jeanette Landré: flute
    • Marieke Schut: hobo
    • Arno Piters: clarinet
    • Leo van Oostrom: clarinet, saxophone
    • Remko Edelaar: fagot
    • Joop Bremer: contrafagot
    • Jan Harshagen: horn
    • Joeri de Vente: horn
    • Hendrik Jan Lindhout: trumpet
    • Ad Welleman: trumpet
    • Toon van Ulsen: trombone
    • Koen Kaptijn: trombone
    • Tjeerd Oostendorp: tuba
    • Jan Erik van Regteren Altena: violin
    • Bas Wiegers: violin
    • Bernadette Verhagen: violin
    • Doris Hochscheid: cello
    • Pieter Smithuijsen: double bass
    • Paul van Utrecht: guitar, mandoline
    • Helenus de Rijke: guitar
    • Patricio Wang: bass guitar
    • Ernestine Stoop: harp
    • Claire Edwardes: percussion
    • Tatiana Koleva: percussion
    • Fedor Teunisse: percussion
    • Arno van Nieuwenhuize: drums
    • René Eckhardt: piano
    • John Snijders: keyboard
  • Marco Blaauw: trumpet
  • Marc Pantus: bariton
  • Etienne Siebens: conductor

 

 

  1. Night School (Frank Zappa, arr. Ron Ford)
  2. 'The Magic Sock (music for an imaginary roadmovie) (Corrie van Binsbergen)
    1. Preview of the continuing story
    2. The return of the son of the man who happened to be the son of the man who happened to be the son of etc.
    3. The Magic Sock
    4. Meeting with a strange, wild, bald-headed girl
    5. Sock-Walk
  3. Outside Now, Again (Frank Zappa, arr. Corrie van Binsbergen)
  4. The Beltway Bandits (Frank Zappa, arr. Ali N. Askin)
  5. Snatches of a Conversation (Peter Eötvös)

    - break -
  6. Some More Upsets (Django Bates)
  7. Outrage at Valdez (Frank Zappa)
  8. The Statue of a Libertine (Astrid Kruisselbrink)
  9. Jazz from Hell (Frank Zappa, arr. Django Bates)
  10. G-Spot Tornado (Frank Zappa, arr. Ali N. Askin)

This concert was broadcast on dutch radio 4 on 2004/09/29. 

 


 


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