Calefax Reed Quintet

The wind chamber group Calefax has a unique composition (or did until they were imitated): they are not a wind quintet, but a reed quintet consisting of Oliver Boekhoorn (oboe), Ivar Berix (clarinet), Raaf Hekkema (saxophones), Jelte Althuis (bass clarinet), and Alban Wesly (bassoon). For this ensemble they create unusual arrangements that draw on jazz and pop elements. Calefax had its beginnings in 1985, when four students at the Amsterdam grammar school Bariaeus were performing an opera by Willem van Manen in a school orchestra. The youngsters cheekily asked van Manen to w...