The ensemble often arranges organ music for recorders, particularly polyphonic compositions, embracing the challenge of performing music intended for one keyboard player with multiple recorder players.
Instruments
The Royal Wind Music uses a unique collection of Renaissance recorders, ranging from a 15 cm sopranino to a three-meter-long sub-contrabass recorder.
Instruments
The recorder, being one of the simplest wind instruments, has an intimate connection between the player's breath and its sound, making it suitable for expressing deep human feelings.
Performer Biography
The Royal Wind Music, founded in 1997 by Paul Leenhouts, consists of twelve musicians from eight different countries, all alumni of the Amsterdam Conservatoire.
Interpretation
The ensemble focuses on performing vocal music instrumentally, a common Renaissance practice, and investigates how instrumental performance can connect with the text's meaning.
Interpretation
The Royal Wind Music's approach to polyphony emphasizes balance between voices, with leadership of tempo, timing, expression, and character divided among all ensemble members.
Album & Artwork
The album title, "Cosmography of Polyphony," refers to the ensemble's musical universe, centered on polyphony, the style of combining multiple simultaneous melodies.
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