Seldom Sene

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Seldom Sene at the Quincena Musical de San Sebastián, 2021

Seldom Sene is a recorder quintet founded in Amsterdam in 2009. The group consists of five women: Stephanie Brandt, Ruth Dyson, Eva Gemeinhardt, Hester Groenleer, and Maria Martinez Ayerza.[1]

In September 2014 they were awarded First Prize, the Audience Award and the Press Prize of the International Van Wassenaer Early Music Competition in the Utrecht Early Music Festival.[2]

They have recorded five albums to date on the Brilliant Classics label.[3] Their first album, Taracea was released in September 2014, and received favorable reviews in Gramophone[4] and The Irish Times.[5] El aire se serena was released in February 2016. Their third album, a recording of the Goldberg Variations by J. S. Bach was released in October 2017. Their fourth album, Delight in Musicke, with vocals by soprano , was released in March 2018. Their fifth album, Not a Single Road, a collection of contemporary music commissioned by the group, was released in September 2019.

References[]

  1. ^ "Seldom Sene - Home". Seldom Sene - Home.
  2. ^ "FOMU14".
  3. ^ "Seldom Sene - Discography". Seldom Sene - CDs.
  4. ^ Fitch, Fabrice (20 November 2014). "Taracea: Seldom Sene". www.gramophone.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Taracea: Seldom Sene".


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