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You Tube: Big Band plays for Queen beatrix and Princess Margriet
Blues for Stephanie
On February 1, 2008, the Dutch Queen Beatrix and her sister Princess Margriet celebrated their 70th and 65th birthdays, respectively. The celebration took place in the Carré Theatre in Amsterdam and featured diverse performances by performing arts students from across the Netherlands. One of them was the Big Band of the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen, conducted by Kurt Weiss. They played John Clayton's "Blues for Stephanie" and Sammy Nestico's "Magic Flea", which was cut out of the TV broadcast.
Trumpets: Peter van Soest, Markus Plock, Mark Keersemeeckers, Petra Rodenboog
Trombones: Yang Ming, Pavel Shcherbakov, Goran Krmac, Johann Oenema
Saxophones: Catalin Milea, Steven Paul, Matthias Mayrbäurl, Francisco Valverde Fernandez, Alexander Tretiyakov
Rhythm Section: George Dumitriu (guitar), Ramadhani Syah Warongan (piano), Tobias Nijboer (bass), Andrej Hočevar (drums)
Conductor: Kurt Weiss
(click here for the video)
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