Peter Reijrink

In 2001 Peter Reijrink started playing clarinet and after studying Klosé, Jeanjean, Baermann, etc. he began to write down what he would like to master; he wrote a series of thirty-one etudes called 'De Études'. Twenty-one were performed by solo clarinet (these can only be heard on this site) and twenty by the group 'Almen'. The etudes performed by the band were released on two cd's, 'De Études' and 'De Études 2'. A series of ten new pieces is called 'Waaieren'.
Click on the cd covers below for music and scores.

Almen

Almen is a quartet that plays composed and improvised music.
The members of the band met in a jazz workshop.
They have been playing jazz and improvised music together off and on since 1982.
The music is written by Peter Reijrink.

Peter Reijrink

clarinet
compositions

Wim Rietveld

mandoline
banjo
electric guitar
lap steel guitar
violoncello

Richard Cramer

double bass

Martin van Leusden

drums