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OTHER
SPOTLIGHTS
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Rainer
Maria Rilke ~ Julius
Röntgen and Edvard Grieg ~ Chez
Aubert
Deep River ~ Brief
Encounter
Portrait Korngold ~ Hermann
Hesse ~ An
Evening of English Song
Zoltán Kodály ~ Petrarca
Portrait
Stephen Sondheim 75 years ~ Franz
Schreker versus Peter - Jan Wagemans
An evening
with Iván Fischer and Matthias Kadar
The life of Heinrich
Heine ~ ‘Circles’
Leonard Bernstein and his unforgettable
songs
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RAINER
MARIA RILKE |
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Lieder
by Frank Martin, Paul Hindemith, Alma Mahler, Alban Berg,
Louis Durey,
Leon Orthel, Dmitri Shostakovich, Leonard Bernstein, Samuel
Barber, Karlheinz
Stockhausen and Peter Eben based on the texts of German
poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
Margriet
van Reisen,
mezzo soprano, Martijn Sanders, baritone,
Reinild Mees,
piano and Klaus Bertisch,
dramaturge/director |
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| JULIUS
RONTGEN AND EDVARD GRIEG |
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The
extensive correspondence between Julius Röntgen and
Edvard Grieg throughout the years discloses candid commentary
about each other's compositions, other composers and their
colorful experiences on a musical, cultural and political
level. With Mattijs van de Woerd and
Henk
Neven, baritones,
Reinild Mees, piano, Tom Jansen,
actor, Frans Weisz, director and Marleen
Prins, dramaturge |
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| 'CHEZ
AUBERT' |
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In Café
‘Chez Aubert’, two Parisiennes make a disturbing
discovery while enjoying their ‘café au lait’…..
Johannette
Zomer, soprano, Helena
Rasker, mezzo soprano with lieder and chansons
by Louis Aubert, Cl. Debussy, W. Pijper, H. Bosmans, J.
Kosma, D.Milhaud, E. Satie, F.Poulenc, M.Ravel and others.
Director Frans
Weisz, dramaturge Marleen Prins,
accompanist Reinild
Mees |
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‘DEEP
RIVER’ – chansons de négresse |
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At the beginning
of the 20th century many composers such as George Gershwin,
Maurice Ravel, Darius Milhaud, Wilhelm Grosz, Erich Zeisl,
Kurt Weill and Alexander von Zemlinsky were inspired by
the Afro- American culture. Tinuke
Olafimihan, soprano, Ruby
Philogene, mezzo soprano and Reinild
Mees, piano, perform the works of these composers
combined with original Afro-American worksongs:
negro-spirituals. |
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‘BRIEF
ENCOUNTER’ |
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A
collage of songs and lieder intertwined with dialogues
from the film 'Brief Encounter'. The music of Leonard
Bernstein, Charles Ives, Kurt Weill, Joseph Kosma, Samuel
Barber, Olivier Messiaen and Francis Poulenc escalates
into an exciting plot….Thomas
Oliemans, baritone and
Jannie Pranger, soprano with Reinild
Mees, piano. The direction is in hands of
the famous film director Frans
Weisz, assisted by dramaturge Marleen
Prins. |
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| PORTRAIT
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD (1897-1957) |
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A selection
of expressionist lieder, which Korngold wrote in Vienna,
combined with a semi-staged performance of “Shakespeare’s
Women, Clowns and Songs”, which he composed in Hollywood.
Mezzo soprano Monique Scholten and baritone
Quirijn de Lang are accompanied by pianist
Reinild Mees.
Direction by Brent Krysa. Pre-concert
talk by culture historian Caspar Wintermans.
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| HERMANN
HESSE (1877-1962) : A synthesis of music, painting and
poetry |
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Poet Hermann
Hesse, a quintessential classical music lover, was an
inspiration to many composers such as Ylnö Kilpinen,
Othmar Schoeck, Gottfried Von Einem and Richard Strauss
(the famous Four Last Songs). This program by
Marisca
Mulder,soprano,
Marcel Reijans, tenor and Reinild
Mees, piano, couples the most beautiful Hesse
settings with a slide show of his watercolor art. Hesse's
poems are recited by
Ruud van der Meer. |
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EVENING OF ENGLISH SONG - two tenors in the footsteps
of Peter Pears |
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A complete
English program of lieder and duets by Benjamin Britten,
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Roger Quilter and Thomas Adès,
based on texts of authors such as Shakespeare. The favorite
repertoire of the legendary tenor Peter Pears.
With Marcel
Reijans and
Marcel Beekman, tenors and Reinild
Mees, piano |
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KODÁLY Hungarian composer |
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Iván
Fischer, conductor and narrator, performs
with the National
Youth Choir works of Zoltán Kodály.
Anna
Korondi, soprano and
Reinild Mees, piano, join them in
interpreting works of this celebrated Hungarian composer,
who deserves more recognition for his outstanding artistry. |
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| PETRARCA
PORTRAIT |
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Born around
700 years ago, Petrarca inspired many lied composers throughout
the centuries, from Schubert and Liszt to more recent
composers such as Pfitzner, Glazoenov, Pizzetti, Castelnuovo-Tedesco
and Nino Rota. Marcel
Reijans, tenor, Marcel Boone,
baritone and Reinild
Mees, piano, celebrate Petrarca together
with Maarten Elzinga, lecturer and Mirjam
Grote Gansey, decor design. |
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STEPHEN
SONDHEIM 75 years
Monique Scholte, mezzo soprano
Terence Mierau, tenor
Marcel Worms and Reinild Mees, piano
Brent Krysa, director
René Boogaard, introduction |
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Stephen Sondheim,
world famous for composing Sweeney Todd and the
text of West Side Story, turns 75 this year.
The combination of mezzo soprano Monique Scholte
and tenor Terence Mierau promises
an evening of swinging performances of a selection of
Sondheim's works. Canadian stage director Brent
Krysa will also portray the more intimate atmosphere
of Sondheim's songs through his staging. The program will
be introduced by René Boogaard,
one of Holland's foremost experts on the life and works
of Sondheim. Just as the original arrangements, the accompaniment
will be performed by two pianists. |
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FRANZ
SCHREKER versus PETER -JAN WAGEMANS
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Helena Rasker, mezzo soprano
Reinild Mees, piano
Caspar Wintermans interviews Peter-Jan Wagemans |
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Peter-Jan
Wagemans (1952), one of Holland's most famous
present day composers, sees himself as an outspoken European
composer responsible for developing and renewing European
musical traditions. A composer who saw himself in a similar
light was Franz Schreker (1878 –
1934). Wagemans greatly admired Schreker and even used
his works as a source of inspiration for some of his compositions.
In this program the ideas and lieder of both composers
are heard together. |
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EVENING WITH IVÁN FISCHER AND MATTHIAS KADAR
Cora Burggraaf, soprano
Reinild Mees, piano
Nationaal Jeugdkoor with conductor Iván Fischer
Guido Segers, trumpet
Joan Berkhemer, violin
Nadia David, cello
Ákos Ács, clarinet
Gabi Pivon, flute |
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Based
in The Netherlands, composers Iván Fischer
and Matthias Kadar share the spotlight
in this program. Iván Fischer is well known as
conductor of internationally famous orchestras such as
the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and as founder and conductor
of the Budapest Festival Orchestra. The young composer
Matthias Kadar (1977) received his musical training in
The Netherlands and studied with Dutch composers such
as Theo Loevendie. In this program Iván Fischer
will conduct the National Youth Chorus
in premières of new works of both composers, including
the première of Fischer’s Felix Meritis-cantate
and a new composition of Kadar for voice and instruments. |
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LIFE OF HEINRICH HEINE
Olaf Bär, baritone
Reinild Mees, piano
Klaus Bertisch, director |
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A scenic performance
about the great German romantic poet Heinrich Heine, in
celebration of the 150th anniversary of his death. The
famous German baritone Olaf Bär
will play Heine and perform songs by Schubert, Robert
and Clara Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Wolf and Liszt
and by 20th century composers such as Alban Berg, Alexander
von Zemlinsky, Alma Mahler, Bruno Walter, Paul Dessau,
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Henriëtte Bosmans, Wilhelm
Killmayer and Charles Ives. |
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‘CIRCLES’
Young-Hee Kim, soprano
Joan Berkhemer, violin
Nadia David, cello
Gabi Pivon, flute
Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe
Reinild Mees, piano
Mirjam Grote Gansey, set |
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Six chamber
musicians ‘from all over the world’ (Korea/Spain,
Romania, Hungary, Russia, Netherlands) unite together
in this programme in which every musician contributes
the music of a composer from his/her own country. Compositions
of Joaquin Turina, Georges Enescu, Alphons Diepenbrock,
Leo Smit, Antal Dorati, Isang Yun, György Kurtág
and Dmitri Shostakovich. The musicians will perform in
different formations in a specially designed set: ‘Circles’. |
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LEONARD
BERNSTEIN AND HIS UNFORGETTABLE SONGS
Claron McFadden, soprano
Tania Kross, mezzo soprano
Mark Tevis, tenor
Reinild Mees, piano and comments
Guido Segers, trumpet |
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Leonard
Bernstein, the world-famous conductor and composer, knew
how to incorporate American jazz music into the European
classical tradition. In this programme the Spotlight is
directed on his songs. A ‘Songfest’ performed
by the best, most spirited American and Caribbean singers.
Commenting from behind the piano, as Bernstein did himself
in his television shows during the sixties. Instrumental
interludes for trumpet and piano. |
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INFORMATION:
Stichting Het 20ste-eeuwse
Lied
Catharina van Rennesstraat 24
1077 KX Amsterdam
The Netherlands
tel. +31 20 675 60 40
fax +31 20 675 60 38
20ste-eeuwselied@zonnet.nl
www.songfoundation.com
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