Barock music concert of the woodwind ensemble Con Brio – Koules Fortress, Aptera 28th September
WHEN: Sunday, 28th September, 19.30
WHERE: Koules Fortress of Ancient Aptera (12 km east of Chania)
Free Admission
Duration: 50’
The Con Brio Woodwind Ensemble, the only recorded woodwind ensemble in Greece, presents works from the Baroque era from the 16th and 17th centuries. They will perform works by T. Susato, G. Frescobaldi, H.Purcell and J.S. Bach, written and adapted for the entire flute family.
Participants:
Vourdoumbas Vangelis, Lionaki Electra, Malekaki Anna, Maraki Katerina, Bailey Stella, Bosco Sofia, Stavroulakis Thodoris, Chalakatevaki Myrto, Hatzimanolakis Nikos.
Ensemble manager: Anna Malekaki
The Con Brio Woodwind Ensemble was created in 2005 on the occasion of the Pancretan Festival of Musical Ensembles in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, as a sexteto (6 members). It is now a chamber orchestra (18 members). The name Con Brio, which means with vivacity, was given by the members themselves due to their enthusiasm for the instrument.
The repertoire of the woodwind ensemble with beak contains medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and contemporary music. It consists of all 5 instruments of the family.
The Con Brio Ensemble has given concerts in Athens, throughout Crete, in Salzburg, Austria and has collaborated with vocal ensembles in Syros, Rethymno and Chania.
Source: chania-culture.gr
