Alban Wesly https://www.wesly.eu/

Bassoonist Alban Wesly is cofounder of the Calefax Reed Quintet and one of its music arrangers. He studied music at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and has been awarded the Kolfschoten prize. Wesly has collaborated with such well-known composers as Gijsbrecht Royé, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Heinz Holliger, and has performed with MusikFabrik. He teaches bassoon and chamber music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

National Gallery of Art: Calefax Reed Quintet

Sunday, February 9, 2025 @ 3:00pm – 4:15pm (EST)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States
Samuel BarberExcursions, Op. 20 (arr. Jelte Althuis)
Florence PricePiano Sonata in E minor ("II. Andante"; arr. Jelte Althuis)
Henriëtte BosmansString Quartet (arr. Raaf Hekkema)
Cole Porter"Just One of Those Things" from Jubilee (arr. Oliver Boekhoorn)
George GershwinRhapsody in Blue (arr. Raaf Hekkema)

Free (RSVP required)