The Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet

Back on Stage…

 06 November 2021, 20.30 - Posthoornkerk, Amsterdam

Tickets

​The heartbeat of the Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet beats faster as soon as they are back on stage, especially in Amsterdam. From 1979 to 2009, the ASQ made countless tours worldwide, with Amsterdam always having a special mark on their agenda. Now more than a decade later, the Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet is once again on stage, this time at the Posthoornkerk in Amsterdam's beautiful Haarlemmerstraat with the premiere of an exclusive concert together with "The Living Legend" percussionist Han Bennink with the program:

Duke Ellington
“It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing” 

Together with the Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet and Han Bennink you are assured of an evening full of swing and memories of the roots of elegant dance in the style of the Duke himself.

The Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet:
Henk van Twillert - Baritone & Bass Saxophone
Rob Hauser - Alto Saxophone
Menne Smallenbroek - Baritone Saxophone
Hristo Goleminov - Alto & Sopranino Saxophone

Han Bennink - Percussion


Tickets online at
 https://duke-posthoornkerk.eventbrite.nl

The Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet    
​Back on Stage in  Teatro Aveirense, Aveiro

 20 November 2021, 21.30 - Teatro Aveirense, Aveiro

Online tickets here  or at ticket office of Teatro Aveirense

Henk van Twillert playing the premiere of "Mondriaan" from Johan de Meij at FISP 21 with the  Portuguese Police Symphonic Band

​24H São Gonçalinho & 24H Henk van Twillert in Concert.
From 18 December 12.00 UTC (Portuguese Time) to 19 December 12.00 UTC (Portuguese Time) 

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Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Solo Suite N.1 ( BWV 1007) - Prelude  with Companhia de Bailado Contemporâneo Portuguesa.
Choreographer: Rita Judas 

Henk van Twillert plays the cello suite form cello from J.S. Bach on the baritone Saxophone. The show was named "Azul". Rita Judas was the choreographer, performed by dancers from the "Companhia de Bailado Contemporâneo Portuguesa". It was performed in Lisbon, São Luiz Theater on 12 December 2002.

BachAsana by Henk van Twillert & Jacintha Meilink

It was in the summer of 2000 that Henk van Twillert recorded on his baritone saxophone the J.S. Bach's six cello suites on CD. 
Since then, Van Twillert has performed the cello suites on the baritone saxophone several concert halls and music festivals around the world, including concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Newport Festival, USA.
In addition to solo concerts, Henk van Twillert, combined the interpretation of the cello suites with others Arts, such us, ballet, live VJ and Gary Smulyan's "jazzy"accompaniment. 
"BachAsana"... had its debut in Portugal at FISP 14.
The birth of the project "BachAsana" was in New York where Henk lived and had his first contact with Yoga. 
Back in Europe his first class at the Bikram Yoga Amsterdam studio was with Jacintha Meilink...