Recorders: You Don't Know Them like This...

Summary:

The recorder as a modern classical instrument?

Website:

http://www.quartetnewgeneration.com

Timely on:

February: QNG performances in NYC area, February 2007: 2/4 - Patchogue Theater, Long Island; 2/7 - Harvard Club; 2/8 - Symphony Space; 2/11 - Brooklyn Public Library and Barbes Bar; Also: CD release in March 2007

Language:

English

Description:

When you think of classical music, you probably think about orchestras, string quartets or solo piano... but what about recorders, the flutes you may have learned to play in elementary school?

The Quaret New Generation (QNG) plays recorders, but not just the grade school ones. They're trying to break down streotypes about classical music by playing an unlikely mix of contemporary music and music from the 16th and 17th centuries.

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