Ekseption was a Dutch

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 progressive rock

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 ensemble with changing membership, active from 1967 to 1989, growing out of the bands The Jokers and Incrowd. The group started out playing jazz

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, pop

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 and R&B

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. Impressed by a gig of The Nice

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, the members, of which the most famous is Rick van der Linden

Rick van der Linden

Rick van der Linden was a Dutch composer and keyboardist. Van der Linden first gained fame as a member of Ekseption, but played in several other bands including most notably Trace, as well as solo...

, decided to concentrate on producing classical rock, modern re-interpretations of classical works. Most of their albums contain both original songs and re-interpreted classical pieces.

Personnel

• Rein van den Broek - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Rick van der Linden
  Rick van der Linden
  Rick van der Linden was a Dutch composer and keyboardist. Van der Linden first gained fame as a member of Ekseption, but played in several other bands including most notably Trace, as well as solo...
  
  - keyboards
• Cor Dekker - bass guitar
• Peter de Leeuwe - drums, vocal
• Rob Kruisman - saxophones, flute, vocal
• Huib van Kampen - solo guitar, tenor sax
• Dennis Whitbread (also Withbread - real name Dennis Witbraad) - drums
• Dick Remelink - saxophones, flutes
• Michel van Dijk - vocals
• Linda van Dyck - vocals
• Erik van Lier - trombone, tuba
• Tony Vos - saxophones, production
• Steve Allet (real name Koen Merkelbach) - vocals
• Jan Vennik - saxophones, flute
• Pieter Voogt - drums
• Hans Jansen - keyboards
• Hans Hollestelle - guitar
• Max Werner - drums
• Johan Slager - bass, guitar
• Jan Hollestelle - bass, synthesizers, cello
• Cees Kranenburg - drums, percussion
• anonymous studio musicians (on Back to the Classics)

Discography

• Ekseption (1969)

1. "The 5th" (L. van Beethoven) [3:23]
2. "Dharma For One" (I. Anderson, C. Bunker) [3:28] (later simply "Dharma")
3. "Little x plus" (Ekseption) [3:31]
4. "Sabre dance" (A. Khachaturian) [3:46]
5. "Air" (J.S. Bach) [2:50]
6. "Ritual firedance" (M. de Falla) [2:15]
7. "Rhapsody in blue" (G. Gershwin) [4:00]
8. "This here" (B. Timmons, J. Hendricks) [4:12]
9. "Dance macabre opus 40" (C. Saint-Saens) [2:21]
10. "Canvas" (B. Bennett) [2:28]
    • Beggar Julia's Time Trip (1970)
11. "Ouverture" (R. van der Linden) [3:22]
12. "Prologue" (R. van der Linden, L. van Dijck) [2:21]
13. "Julia" (R. van der Linden, M. van Dijk) [2:21]
14. "Flying power" (R. van der Linden) [:31]
15. "Adagio" (T.Albinoni, R. Giazotto) [3:45]
16. "Space I" (J.S. Bach) [:44]
17. "Italian concerto" (J.S. Bach) [4:59]
18. "Concerto" (P.I. Tchaikovsky) [3:52]
19. "Space II" (R. van der Linden) [:26]
20. "Pop giant" (R. van der Linden, M. van Dijk) [3:54]
21. "Space III" (R. van der Linden) [:22]
22. "Feelings" (R. van der Linden) [3:09]
23. "Epilogue" (R. van der Linden, L. van Dijck) [:57]
24. "Finale" [3:55] (a) Music for mind (R. van der Linden) (b) Theme Julia (R. van der Linden, M. van Dijk)
    • Ekseption 3 (1971)
25. "Peace planet" (J.S. Bach) [3:32]
26. "B 612" (R. van der Linden, W. Luikinga) [4:08]
27. "Morning rose" (R. van der Linden, W. Luikinga) [3:04]
28. "Piece for symphonic and rock group in A minor" (R. van der Linden, W. Luikinga) [5:53] (a) Part one: Passacaglia (b) Part two: Painting
29. "The lamplighter" (J.S. Bach) [3:01]
30. "Bottle mind" (R. van der Linden) [2:45]
31. "On sunday they will kill the world" (S. Rachmaninoff, W. Luikinga) [3:26]
32. "Another history" (R. van der Linden, M. van Dijk) [4:37]
33. "Rondo (L. von Beethoven) [5:25]
    • Ekseption 00.04 (1971)
34. "Ave Maria" (J.S. Bach, C.H. Gounod) [2:34]
35. "Body party" (R. van der Linden) [3:32]
36. "Monlope" (J. Smith, R. van der Linden) [4:58]
37. "Monkey dance" (R. van der Linden) [2:41]
38. "Choral" (R. van der Linden) [4:02]
39. "Partita No. 2 in C minor" (J.S. Bach) [5:45]
40. "Piccadilly sweet" (R. van der Linden) [13:27]
    • Ekseption 5 (1972)
41. "Introduction" (L. van Beethoven) [:35]
42. "Siciliano in G" (J.S. Bach) [3:20]
43. "Vivace" (J.S. Bach) [5:16]
44. "For example / for sure" (K. Emerson, R. van der Linden) [9:03]
45. "Virginal" (R. van der Linden) [4:30]
46. "A la turka" (W.A. Mozart) [2:26]
47. "Midbar session" (R. van der Linden) [10:03]
48. "Pie" (R. van der Linden) [1:30]
49. "My son" (R. van der Linden) [5:12]
50. "Finale" (L. van Beethoven) [3:40]
    • Trinity (1973)
51. "Toccata" (J.S. Bach) [5:16]
52. "The peruvian flute" (Traditional) [8:04]
53. "Dreams" (T. Vos) [1:32]
54. "Smile" (R. van der Linden) [2:53]
55. "Lonely chase" (R. van der Linden) [3:10]
56. "Romance" (L. von Beethoven) [3:30]
57. "Improvisation" (R. van der Linden) [9:01]
58. "Meddle" (R. van der Linden) [1:07]
59. "Flight of the bumble bee" (N. Rimsky-Kosakov) [3:22]
60. "Finale III" (R. van der Linden) [2:50]
    • Bingo (1974)
61. "From Ekseption" (H. Jansen, J. Vennik) [9:05]
62. "Nightwalk" (J. Vennik) [3:45]
63. "Smokey sunset" (H. Jansen) [5:11]
64. "De fietser" (J. Vennik) [1:51]
65. "Sabre dance" (A. Katchaturian) [2:56]
66. "Brother rabbit" (R. van den Broek) [3:26]
67. "Sunny revival" (H. Jansen, J. Vennik) [3:50]
68. "The death of Ase" (E. Grieg) [2:20]
69. "Bingo-bingo" (H. Jansen, J. Vennik) [6:40]
    • Mindmirror (1975)
70. "Pick up the pieces" (R. Ball, H. Stuart, A. Gorie, M. Duncan, R. McIntosh) [6:05]
71. "Bourree" (J.S. Bach) [3:14]
72. "Tramontane" (P. Souer) [4:17]
73. "Electric swamp" (H. Hollestelle) [4:04]
74. "Ramses" (R. Shaffy) [1:00]
75. "Mindmirror" (J. Vennik, H. Jansen) [17:28]
    • Back to the Classics (1976)
76. "Sonata in F" (A. Vivaldi) [5:20]
77. "Ave Maria" (F. Schubert) [4:53]
78. "Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade nr. 13 in G K.525)" (W.A. Mozart) [4:13]
79. "Clarinet concerto in A" (W.A. Mozart) [4:25]
80. "Violin concerto in E minor, Op.64" (F. Mendelssohn) [5:00]
81. "Have mercy on me (Erbarme Dich)" (J.S.Bach) [6:57]
82. "Flute sonata nr.5 in F" (G.F. Händel) [4:53]
83. "Theme from Abdelazer" (H. Purcell) [3:58]
84. "The Moldau (Ma Vlast)" (B. Smetana) [6:51]
    • Spin (as Spin, 1976)
    • Whirlwind (as Spin, 1977)
    • Ekseption '78 (1978)
85. "Again" (J.S. Bach) [2:22]
86. "Your home" (R. van der Linden) [4:47]
87. "Wild flower" (R. van der Linden, R van den Broek) [3:17]
88. "Signal" (R. van der Linden, R van den Broek) [4:10]
89. "Pearl" (G. F. Händel) [2:22]
90. "Thoughts" (R van den Broek) [3:53]
91. "Summertime" (G. Gershwin) [2:20]
92. "Nocturne" (J.S. Bach) [3:35]
93. "Impromptu" (F. Schubert) [2:48]
94. "The cat" (L. Schiffrin) [3:19]
95. "Jesu joy" (J.S. Bach) [3:02]
96. "Faith" (R. van der Linden) [3:21]
    • Dance Macabre (1981)
97. "The Fifth Symphony" (L. von Beethoven) [3:02]
98. "Italian Concerto" (J.S. Bach) [2:50]
99. "Air" (J.S. Bach) [4:07]
100. "Rhapsody In Blue" (G. Gershwin) [4:06]
101. "Peace Planet" (J.S. Bach) [3:26]
102. "Sabre Dance" (A. Khatchaturian) [4:06]
103. "Concerto" (P.I Tchaikowsky) [4:06]
104. "Danse De Feu" (M. De Falla) [2:46]
105. "Adagio" (A. Albinoni, , R. Giazotto) [3:40]
106. "Dance Macabre" (Saint-Saens) [2:20]
107. "Haydn" (J. Haydn) [2:51]
108. "Conchorus" (R. van der Linden) [4:45]
     • Ekseption '89 (1989)
109. "Spooky" [3:35]
110. "Ekseptional" [3:30]
111. "Pure" [3:35]
112. "Air" (J.S. Bach) [4:07]
113. "Flying fingers" [3:59]
114. "Happiness" [2:44]
115. "The artists" [3:02]
116. "Haydn" (J. Haydn) [3:05]
117. "Just for you" [2:28]
118. "Drawbars" [2:52]
119. "Jola" [5:04]
120. "The Fifth" (L. van Beethoven) [3:17]
121. "Marlene" [3:23]
122. "Peace planet" (J.S. Bach) [3:29]
123. "Harmony" [2:39]
124. "A believe" [3:07]
125. "My pianoman" (J.S. Bach) [2:38]
     • The Reunion (1994, live)

See also

• Semi-official website
• General information
• [ Entry at Allmusic.com]