Flautando Köln founded in 1990, nowadays numbers among the most renowned recorder quartets in Germany and has made a name for itself on international stages too. Katharina Hess, Susanne Hochscheid, Ursula Thelen and Kerstin de Witt received their artistic training in Amsterdam, Hamburg and Cologne, completing their studies „with honours“. Since it was founded, Flautando Köln has performed at home and abroad, and made numerous radio and CD recordings for the West German Radio (WDR), Southwest German Radio (SWR) the „Deutschlandfunk“ and Radio Bremen.

With a large musical repertoire from the Middle Ages to the Modern, unusual concert programs and a continually growing collection of instruments, the musicians of Flautando Köln have made guest appearances at the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, the Tage Alter Musik in Berlin and Herne, the Dresden Music Festival, on WDR’s „Night Music“, at the International Exhibition of Early music in London and in the Porto Series in Portugal, and at other Music Festivals in Taiwan, Korea, Central America, Czechoslovakia, Turkey and in Switzerland among others.

Flautando Köln also maintains regular and close collaborations with other musicians and ensembles, with whom they develop joint concerts and projects, as well as with composers who write new works for the ensemble. Since 1997, the members of Flautando Köln are guest instructors at the „Casa de los tres mundos in Nicaragua“. This project is sponsored by „pany arte“ and the German Music Council.

“It ‘s a joy to see how for 20 years now, you have escaped the routine withsuch ease, always reinventing youselves, and bringin such pleasure both to the eyes and ears.”

(Michael Becker, director Tonhalle Düsseldorf)

“You forget all prejudice about the recorder after a Flautando concert, as you can just happily enjoy great music”

(Anka Zink, comedian)

“Your concerts draw inquisitives audiences which are soon enthused by your vibrant playing and unconventional programming”

( Louwrens Langevoort, director Kölner Philharmonie )

Programme

 

Anonymus                                          Tre Fontane

Italien 14. Jh.                                      Lamento di Tristano

                                                        Saltarello

 

 

Ulrich Schultheiss                                 Ping Pong, 2008

*1956

                           

 

 

Kurt Weill                                            Youkali

1900-1950                                        

 

 

Claude Debussy                                    Jimbo’s Lullaby

1862-1918                                          Golliwoggs Cakewalk

                                                         from: “Childrens Corner”

                                                  

 

Anonymus                                          Hayriye´nin boyu uzun, Volkslied aus Erzincan

                                                        Yarim gitti cesmeye, Volkslied aus Zentralanatolien

                                                        Aman avci vurma beni, Volkslied aus Kars

                                                        Daglar gibi dalgalari, Volkslied vom Schwarzen Meer

 

 Pause

 

 

Anonymus                                         Irish Folk

Irland                                                Reel, “Black Eyed Biddy”

                                                       Air, “Erin Shore”

                                                       Jigg, “Toss the feathers”

 

 

Antonio Vivaldi                                    Concerto d-moll       , RV 565        

1678-1741                                         Allegro-Grave-Fuga-Largo-Allegro

 

 

John Playford                                      aus der Sammlung “The English Dancing Master”

ca. 1651-1721                                    The 29^th of May

                                                        The Bonny Broom

                                                         Pall-Mall

 

 

Jan Rokyta                                          Balkanology 2006/2007

geb. 1969

Concerts Plan:

March 14th, 2013    Beijing Tianqiao Theatre

March 15th, 2013    Qingdao Grand Theatre

March 16th, 2013    Yantai Grand Theatre

March 18th, 2013    Wuhan Qintai Grand Theatre

March 20th, 2013    Ji'an Poly Theatre

March 21st, 2013    Yichun Poly Theatre

March 23rd, 2013    Chongqing Grand Theatre

March 24th, 2013    Henan Art Center

March 26th, 2013    Changshu Grand Theatre

March 28th, 2013    Changzhou Grand Theatre

March 29th, 2013    Ma'anshan Grand Theatre

March 30th, 2013    Shanghai City Theatre