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Watch and register now at www.amstelquartet.nl/live. Amstel Quartet, Laura Sandee & Pascal Meyer present: Music With Changing Parts, the minimalist masterpiece by Philip Glass. Free livestream from Bimhuis, Amsterdam. 6 May 2021, 20:30 hours CEST. Come join us! #glass #philip #philipglass #amstelquartet #saxophones #saxophonequartet #ewi #keys #minimalism #minimalmusic #amsterdam

The coming days we recommend some personal favorites of Amstel Quartet and Anass Habib’s new album Stories of the Soul. Out now! Today: Anass on لما بدا يتثنى – 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢 𝘉𝘢𝘥𝘢 by Mohammad Abd Al Rahim al Masloub. ~ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 19𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘈𝘣𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘈𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘣 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘨𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘩. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵, 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨. Listen to the album now. Link in bio!

Another release! Today we proudly present our live album Stories of the Soul together with Anass Habib, recorded at Bimhuis, Amsterdam in December last year. Full of classics from the Arabic world, by Fairuz, Oum Kathoum and many others. Listen on Spotify, Deezer or Apple Music. Link in bio! We hope you enjoy! #amstelquartet #anasshabib #saxophones #quartet #saxophonequartet #arabic #music #fairuz #lebanon #kolthoum #cairo #egypt #sayiddarwish #rahbanibrothers #stories #poetry

𝘼𝙣𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙃𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙗 & 𝘼𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙩 - 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙡 We are very proud to announce that in three weeks from now, on April 9, our new album 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭 will be released. All songs were recorded live at Bimhuis in December 2020, together with singer Anass Habib. With Habib, we adapted the music by Fairuz, Kalthoum, Sayid Darwish and many others - acclaimed and renowned musicians in the Arabic world that are hardly known in Europe. We hope to change that. Keep an eye on our streaming platforms. Link in bio! #anasshabib #singer #amstelquartet #saxophones #saxophonequartet #arabic #music #fairuz #oumkalthoum #sayiddarwish #crossover

Tomorrow night we will livestream our concert Ode to Orpheus from the beautiful church De Duif in Amsterdam. We will celebrate 400 years of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - the Orpheus of Amsterdam - with some of his most famous (organ) works. It might just be one of the last livestreams we do and it is completely free, so make sure to tune in tomorrow night at 20.30h! For more information, see the website of @stadsherstel #sweelinck #amsterdam #livestream #church #orpheus #amstel #quartet #saxophones #saxophonequartet #classicalmusic #dutch #organ #music #goldenage

Next Sunday 28 February, we will play at @nporadio4 's Pandora's Late Night, streaming live at 21:15h from @tivolivredenburg together with Harp Sirens & @vincentvanamsterdam. With beautiful pieces by @sarahneutkens and @maximshalygin - we are very much looking forward!

Had a great session with Winnie Cheng (violin) and Ilonka Kolthof (flute) yesterday. On the last snowy day of the season we played - how appropriate - Georgs Pelēcis' Snow Prelude and Fugue for our upcoming recording session in Orgelpark, Amsterdam... more on that later! ☃️

Release day! Today we proudly present our live recording of Hugues Dufourt's Les Courants polyphoniques d'après Klee, made on December 7th 2019 at the Waalse Kerk in Amsterdam. A concert that the composer himself attended as well. Listen on Spotify, Deezer or Apple Music. Link in bio. We hope you enjoy!

Coming Friday, we will release our live recording of Hugues Dufourt's composition for saxophone quartet: Les courants polyphoniques d'apres Klee. It will be available on all streaming platforms. The track was recorded in December 2019, at the Waalse Kerk in Amsterdam. At the time we made an aftermovie of that evening, which we'd like to use now to give you a sneak preview of the music!

Harry practises his ... 'toonladders'?

Tonight at 20.15h (CET) we will livestream our Todos Los Fuegos El Fuego concert from De Duif in Amsterdam, to make up for our cancelled concert in de Donderdagavondserie of @muziekgebouw. You can watch the concert on the Facebook pages of Amstel Quartet and Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, or on our Youtube or Twitch channel. Also on behalf of @maximshalygin and @keurisquartet, we hope you enjoy!

What a strange year this was! Looking back, we were lucky to have played two concerts in Germany in September. We still have some pictures from this 'mini-tour' to Wennigsen and Stuttgart, reminding us how much we love playing abroad. Let's hope for the better in 2021, and from all of AQ: a merry Christmas for now! . #saxophones #quartet #amstelquartet #germany #facemask #tour #googlemaps #merrychristmas