Ravel: Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Founded in 2009, the Billboard charting, 7time national prize winning Akropolis Reed Quintet makes music that sparks joy and wonder with infallible musicality and huge vitality (Fanfare Magazine). Learn more about Akropolis: Akropolis will be touring Ravel s full Le Tombeau de Couperin during their 22, 23 season. They are represented by Ariel Artists. For booking contact Matthew Kulas: Video by Sly Pup Productions Audio by Dave Schall Acoustic Filmed at the Russel Industrial Center in Detroit, MI This rendition of Maurice Ravel s Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin was arranged by Raaf Hekkema of the Calefax Reed Quintet. Maurice Ravels Le Tombeau de Couperin, composed between 1914 and 1917, pays homage to the Baroque tradition of François Couperin (16681733) and his contemporaries. During those years Ravel joined the French military and dedicated each movement of the piano suite to the memory of a friend who died in World War I. The final movem