Origins & the Walking Orchestra
Born in Ghent in July 2006 — six men who ‘liepen in Gent rond’ and became the craziest walking orchestra of the Western Hemisphere: four saxophones, percussion and Herr Kapellmeister Stefaan De Winter.
Part of Die Verdammte Spielerei
8 moments in this segment.
- — Die Verdammte Spielerei (2013). Early street footage of the six-man walking orchestra doing what it does best — music on the move.
- — Het zotste wandelorkest van het Westelijk Halfrond. The official portrait: four saxes, a snare and a drummer rising from a manhole — the ‘craziest walking orchestra of the Western Hemisphere’, in their trademark white vests and army caps.
- — Die Verdammte Spielerei — the six. A studio portrait of the six-man ensemble: four saxophonists, percussion and Herr Kapellmeister Stefaan De Winter.
- — Die Verdammte Spielerei 2015. The wandering wonder-orchestra in full flow, filmed by Close Line Projects.
- — Prettig gestoord wonderorkest. A studio portrait of the ‘pleasantly deranged wonder-orchestra’ from Ghent.
- — Een dag met Stefaan. ‘A day with Stefaan’ — a portrait of the ensemble and its frontman Herr Kapellmeister Stefaan De Winter.
- — Warme Dagen. A Spielerei original — the wonder-orchestra’s own summer song, four saxes and percussion in full swing.
- — Die Verdammte Spielerei. A short glimpse of the ensemble in action.
