TRIO ROSEAU
Three friends, three highly experienced chamber music players, sparked by their desire to share the diversity of colour, the immense virtuosity and sheer beauty of their instruments led to the founding of ‚ Trio Roseau‘ in 2012.
Programmes for ‚Reed Trio‘ : Rachel Frost (oboe), Guido Schaefer (clarinet ), Malte Refardt (bassoon), range from the five Divertimenti KV 439b from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, through the fine and elegant Viennese classics ( Haydn, Beethoven) , to the sensual 20th century French compositions: Jaques Ibert, Jean Francaix, Darius Milhaud etc. The ‚reed trio‘ itself, combining the three reeded woodwind instruments stems from the 1920’s ‚Trio d’anches de Paris‘ which established together with the Trio Rene Daraux this particular combination of instruments. Trio is a beautiful wind partner to the string quartet enabling ‚Harmonie Musik‘ from the Viennese classics and arrangements from operas to be performed in the finest and most aristocratic venues of the 18th century through to the present day. More modern compositions explore the rhythmic and tonal collage possibilities of the three instruments: Isang Yun, Sandor Veress, the Brazilian Villa-Lobos, so that the trio’s repertoire remains rich in it’s diversity and exploration of colour. Trio Roseau performs at several established music festivals . It is perfectly suited to beautiful buildings and acoustics such as the ‚ Orangerie from Schloss Rheda in the Rheda Weidenbruck musical festival or the idyllic Thusis church as part of the Swiss Domleschger Sommerkonzerten. The trio also includes education work (NDR) children’s Concerts as part of their programme.
NEWS
April 2025
we look forward to our forthcoming concert:
Wednesday, 30. April at 20:15 in Keitum on Sylt, St. Severin
Repertoire includes Mozarts Don Giovanni, the “Fünf Bagatellen“ by U.-G. Schäfer and works from J. Ibert and A. Piazzolla.
March 2025
Our next concert will be on
Sunday, 2. March 19:00 in Fischerhude, Buthmanns Hof
with works from Mozart, Ibert, Schäfer und Piazzolla
September 2024
we are looking forward to two concerts:
Friday , 20. September 19:30 Burg Lüdinghausen, Kapitelsaal
Sunday, 22. September 17:00 Völksen, Johanneskirche
The Programm for both concerts includes the Trio by J. Ibert, the Harmoniemusik from Mozart’s Opera Don Giovanni, the “Fünf Bagatellen“ by Ulf-Guido Schäfer (2020) and works from Astor Piazzolla.
We are also recording two new compositions by Ulf-Guido Schäfer for our label Dabringhaus&Grimm: The Trio “Ritus“ (2023) and four duets for Oboe and clarinet with the title “Dyade“ (2023)
February 2024
this month we will record the composition “Three Winds“ (2018/23) by Ulf-Guido Schäfer for the label MDG in Marienmünster.
our next concert is on:
8. February at 19:00 in Berlin, Schloß Friedrichsfelde
Repertoire includes the Harmoniemusik from Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte“, Beethoven’s Prometheus for Trio d’anches and the Trio “Three Winds“ (2018/23) by Ulf-Guido Schäfer.
MOZART DIVERTIMENTI GESAMTAUFNAHME
“It is extraordinary to think that you are listening to only three instruments at one time; so good are Ulf-Guido Schäfer’s arrangements, that it sounds like a much bigger ensemble. This is aided by the expert playing of the three musicians who blend their sounds to produce the unexpected.“ (Stuart Sillitoe, musicweb.com)
“The members of the Trio Roseau are excellent Mozartians, sprightly and sensitive. They seem to breathe together, shading their dynamics expertly. They are recorded in a believable space: I feel as if I were in an excellent seat in a real small concert hall.“ (Michael Ullman, Fanfare magazine)
„Virtuosic in the fast parts, generously cantabile in the wide vocal arches: Rachel Frost on oboe and English horn does not miss Mozart’s singer friends at any moment.“ (Vinyl)
RACHEL FROST
Rachel Frost studied the oboe with Leon Goossens and Celia Nicklin while completing an BA in geography at Cambridge University. She won an instrumental award at Fitzwilliam college Cambridge. She continued her musical studies as a post-graduate at the Royal Academy of Music, London, winning the Oboe Prize. Further scholarships enabled her to then study with Ingo Goritzki at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Hannover.
Rachel has played as guest Principal Oboe or solo-cor anglais with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the London BBC Symphony Orchestra , the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gewandhaus Leipzig Orchestra, among others. Since 1992 she holds the position as solo cor anglais and second oboe with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe with whom she has played many concerts together with world class conductors and soloists in many of the world’s greatest concert Halls. The Chamber Orchestra of Europe worked for many years in close association with Claudio Abbado, Nikolas Harnoncourt, Sir George Solti etc And currently works regularly with Bernard Haitink and Yannick Nezet-Seguin. She has recorded wind chamber music with the COE Wind Soloists and the complete Zelenka trio sonatas with Douglas Boyd. She has played chamber music with the Nash Ensemble, London and is a regular guest at the Domleschg Festival in Switzerland and the Cerne Abbas Festival in Dorset.
ULF-GUIDO SCHÄFER
Guido Schaefer studied the clarinet with Professor Hans Deinzer in Hannover, winning several prizes during this time: winner of the ‚Deutschen Musikwettbewerbs‘ , and a member of the highly selected ‚Bundesauswahl junger Kunstler‘. From 1989 until 1994 he was the Principal clarinet of the ‚Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie‘ making numerous chamber music recordings.
Since 1994 he is Principal clarinet of the NDR Radio Philharmonie. Guido Schaefer has played solo concertos internationally with conductors such as H. Schiff, J. Belohlavek, E. Oue, Pavo Berglund etc. His chamber music groups include: ‚Ensemble 8‘, Arte-Ensemble (NDR) and his highly acclaimed wind quintet: ‚ Ma’alot Quintett‘ ; an ensemble winning many first prizes including the first prize in the ARD competition in Munich.
He is also a talented and successful music arranger.Both his wind quintet arrangements for the Ma’alot quintet of Dvorak and Rossini have been awarded ‚Echo Klassik ‚ prizes. He has arranged works commissioned by the NDR, WDR, Rheingau Musikfest, Beethovenfest Bonn, the Niedersachsischen Musiktage and the Scharoun Ensemble. His music for the children’s theatre pieces such as ‚Papa Haydn’s little animal show‘ , ‚Ritter Gluck im Glück‘ , have been incredibly successful.
Guido also teaches clarinet at the ‚Hochschule für Musik und Theater‘ in Hannover.
MALTE REFARDT
Malte Refardt , born in Hamburg, was already an active member of his city’s musical scene at a very early age. He continued his bassoon studies with Professor Dag Jensen in Essen and Hannover and then completed his final concert exams under Professor George Klutsch in Weimar and Cologne.
As a student he played principal bassoon with the Mahler Youth Orchestra and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under world famous conductors such as : Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Kent Nagano. He currently holds the position as Principal Bassoon in the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover with whom he has made many recordings and still also plays as guest principal with the Munich Opera, Ensemble Modern, Saito Kinen Orchestra , the Tokyo Opera under conductors such as Ozawa, Kent Nagano etc. Malte Refardt is also professor for bassoon at the Folkwang University for Art in Essen where he teaches his own ‚ solo bassoon class‘. He regularly adjudicates on the wind panel for international competitions and performs chamber music at several festivals with Ana Chumachenco, Natalia Gutmann, Wen-Sin Yang and other eminent musicians.
OUR PROGRAM
"... Pour Faire Plaisir" Jacques%20Ibert,Cinq%20Pi%C3%A8ces%20en%20Trio%20(1935)|W.A.%20Mozart,Divertimento%20B-Dur%20KV439b|Darius%20Milhaud,Suite%20d%E2%80%99apr%C3%A8s%20Corrette%2C%20op.%20161%20(1937)|---,|W.A.%20Mozart,Cosi%20fan%20tutte%20(Harmoniemusik)|Astor%20Piazzolla,%E2%80%9EDeux%20Pi%C3%A8ces%20en%20Trio%20d%E2%80%99anches%E2%80%9C|, "Kontraste" (zum Beethoven Jubiläum)Jacques%20Ibert,Cinq%20Pi%C3%A8ces%20en%20Trio%20(1935)|L.v.%20Beethoven,Variationen%20%C3%BCber%20%E2%80%9ELa%20ci%20darem%20la%20mano%E2%80%9C%20WoO%2028|U.-G.%20Sch%C3%A4fer,Three%20Winds%20(2018)|---,|L.v.%20Beethoven,Trio%20nach%20dem%20Sextett%20op.71|Astor%20Piazzolla,%22Deux%20Pi%C3%A8ces%20en%20Trio%20d%E2%80%99anches%E2%80%9C|, "Ostwind" ,|W.A.%20Mozart,La%20clemenza%20di%20Tito%20(Harmoniemusik-%20Urauff%C3%BChrung%20Prag)|S%C3%A1ndor%20Veress,Sonata%20f%C3%BCr%20Oboe%2C%20Klarinette%20und%20Fagott%20(1931)|---,|U.-G.%20Sch%C3%A4fer,%E2%80%9CThree%20Winds%E2%80%9C%20(2018)|A.%20Dvorak,Slawische%20T%C3%A4nze|, "Three Winds" W.A.%20Mozart,La%20clemenza%20di%20Tito%20(Harmoniemusik)|Darius%20Milhaud,Suite%20d'apr%C3%A8s%20Corrette%2C%20op.%20161%20(1937)|---,|U.-G.%20Sch%C3%A4fer,%E2%80%9CThree%20Winds%E2%80%9C%20(2018)|W.A.%20Mozart,Divertimento%20B-Dur%20KV439b|Astor%20Piazzolla,%22Deux%20Pi%C3%A8ces%20en%20Trio%20d%E2%80%99anches%22 "Divertimento" ,|W.A.%20Mozart,Divertimento%20B-Dur%20KV439b|Erwin%20Schulhoff,Divertissement|---,|J.%20Francaix,Divertissement|W.A.%20Mozart,Cosi%20fan%20tutte%20(Harmoniemusik)|, "A Night at...
"Märchenerzählungen" ,|W.A.%20Mozart,Divertimento%20B-Dur%20KV%20439b|Robert%20Schumann,M%C3%A4rchenerz%C3%A4hlungen%20op.132%20f%C3%BCr%20Klavier%2C%20Klar.%20und%20Fg.|---,|Robert%20Schumann,Romanzen%20op.%2094%20f%C3%BCr%20Oboe%20und%20Klavier|W.A.%20Mozart,Harmoniemusik%20zu%20%E2%80%9ECosi%20fan%20tutte%E2%80%9C%20oder%20%E2%80%9CLa%20Clemenza%20di%20Tito%E2%80%9C|, "Sehnsucht" Jacques%20Ibert,Cinq%20Pi%C3%A8ces%20en%20Trio%20(1935)|L.v.%20Beethoven,Trio%20B-Dur%20op.11%20%E2%80%9CGassenhauer%E2%80%9C%20f%C3%BCr%20Klar.%20Fg.%20und%20Klavier|Astor%20Piazzolla,%E2%80%9CCaf%C3%A9%E2%80%9C%20aus%20%E2%80%9EHistoire%20du%20Tango%E2%80%9C%20oder%20U.-G.%20Sch%C3%A4fer%2C%20Three%20Winds%20(2018)|---,|Francis%20Poulenc,Trio%20f%C3%BCr%20Klavier%2C%20Oboe%20und%20Fagott|Astor%20Piazzolla,Estaciones%20Portenas%20(Vier%20Jahreszeiten)%20f%C3%BCr%20Ob.%20Klar.%20Fg.%20und%20Klavier|, "Leidenschaft" ,|W.A.%20Mozart,Divertimento%20B-Dur%20KV%20439b|Michail%20Glinka,Trio%20Path%C3%A9tique%20f%C3%BCr%20Klavier%2C%20Klar.%20und%20Fg.|---,|W.A.%20Mozart,Harmoniemusik%20zu%20%E2%80%9ECosi%20fan%20tutte%E2%80%9C%20oder%20%E2%80%9CLa%20Clemenza%20di%20Tito%E2%80%9C|Robert%20Schumann,aus%205%20St%C3%BCcke%20im%20Volkston%20op.102%C2%A0%20f%C3%BCr%20Oboe%20und%20Klavier|Max%20Bruch,aus%20%E2%80%9CAcht%20St%C3%BCcke%E2%80%9C%20op.83%20in%20der%20Fassung%20f%C3%BCr%20Klavier%2C%20Oboe%2C%20Klar.%20und%20Fg.,|,|,|---,|,|,|,
"Romantische Reise" W.A.%20Mozart,Klavier-Quintett%20Es-Dur%20KV%20452|Robert%20Schumann,M%C3%A4rchenerz%C3%A4hlungen%20op.132%20f%C3%BCr%20Klar.%20Fg.%20und%20Klavier|---,|Carl%20Reinecke,Trio%20a-moll%20op.188%20f%C3%BCr%20Oboe%2C%20Horn%20und%20Klavier|L.v.%20Beethoven,Klavier-Quintett%20Es-Dur%20op.16 "Romantische Reise" (alternativ) W.A.%20Mozart,Klavier-Quintett%20Es-Dur%20KV%20452|M.%20Glinka,Trio%20Path%C3%A9tique%20d-moll%20f%C3%BCr%20Klar.%20Fg.%20und%20Klavier|---,|H.v.%20Herzogenberg,Trio%20D-Dur%20op.61%20f%C3%BCr%20Oboe%2C%20Horn%20und%20Klavier|L.v.%20Beethoven,Klavier-Quintett%20Es-Dur%20op.16 "Hommage à Beethoven" L.v.%20Beethoven,Trio%20B-Dur%20op.11%20%E2%80%9CGassenhauer%E2%80%9C%20(Klar.%20Fg.%20und%20Klavier)|W.A.%20Mozart,Klavier-Quintett%20Es-Dur%20KV%20452|---,|H.v.%20Herzogenberg,Trio%20D-Dur%20op.61%20f%C3%BCr%20Oboe%2C%20Horn%20und%20Klavier|L.v.%20Beethoven,Klavier-Quintett%20Es-Dur%20op.16|, "Entdeckungen" W.A.%20Mozart,Klavier-Quintett%20Es-Dur%20KV%20452|Robert%20Kahn,Serenade%20f%C3%BCr%20Klarinette%2C%20horn%20and%20piano%2C%20op%2073|---,|Robert%20Schumann,aus%205%20St%C3%BCcke%20im%20Volkston%20op.102%20f%C3%BCr%20Fagott%20und%20Klavier|Adolphe%20Blanc,Romance%20op.%2043b%20f%C3%BCr%20Oboe%2C%20Horn%20und%20Klavier|Friedrich%20Witt,Klavier-Quintett%20Es-Dur%20Op.5Tabelle zum Kopieren ...,|,|,|---,|,|,|,
