Flanders Recorder Quartet
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The Flanders Recorder Quartet is a professional recorder
group whose members are Bart Spanhove, Tom Beets, Joris van Goethem and Paul van Loey. The quartet is one of a handful of ensembles inspiring a recorder renaissance. Begun in 1987 and vaulted to prominence in 1990 by winning the Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges
, Belgium, the group travels the world giving concerts with over 150 instruments, part of its own vast collection that includes recorders dating back to 1511, copies of instruments owned by Henry VIII
, and a rare contemporary sub-bass measuring 7.5 feet.
Recorder
The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
group whose members are Bart Spanhove, Tom Beets, Joris van Goethem and Paul van Loey. The quartet is one of a handful of ensembles inspiring a recorder renaissance. Begun in 1987 and vaulted to prominence in 1990 by winning the Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges
Bruges
Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....
, Belgium, the group travels the world giving concerts with over 150 instruments, part of its own vast collection that includes recorders dating back to 1511, copies of instruments owned by Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
, and a rare contemporary sub-bass measuring 7.5 feet.