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Dutch composer, music critic and teacher
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2019-10-25 08:40:26
Les Étoiles: Natalie Clein, Ruby Hughes, Julius Drake, Matan Porat in music for voice, cello and piano at Kings Place
[…] as a concert pianist as well as a composer, and was evidently friendly with Benjamin Britten. And her personal life seems to have been quite colourful, for a period living a bohemian life with cellist Frieda Belinfante. Musically, Bosmans was at first more traditional, influenced by the Germanic musical tradition learned from her musical Dutch family where the violinist Joseph Joachim was a visitor. It was only later, after lessons with the Dutch composer Willem Pijper, that her style became more advanced. Judith Weir (Photo Suzanne Jansen) The Cello Sonata of 1919 is a relatively early work, and is a big Romantic four-movement piece where from the opening notes the influence of Brahms can be felt in the large scale Romanticism and lush textures of the first movement. But also woven in seems to be a feeling for the way Faure wrote for such instrumental combinations too, this was […]
2017-06-02 10:07:00
H. Andriessen, L. Andriessen, K. v. Baaren, H. Badings, G. Berff, G. v.d. Bergh, H. Bosmans, J. Brandts Buys, J.B. v. Bree, S. Bunge, J. v. Dijk, J. v. Domselaer, S. Dresden, G.J. v. Eijken, J. Feldenhof, M. Flothuis, H. Godron, C. de Groot, J. N. Hamburger, G. Hengeveld, O. Ketting, T. Keuris, T. de Leeuw, R. Nasveld, L. Orthel, W. v. Otterloo, W. Pijper, J.A. Reincken, Fr. Ruppe, W. v. Nassau, L.V. Saar, D. Schäfer, P. Schat, L. Schlegel, S.v. Soldt, G. Steenwick, J. Straesser, H. Strategier, J.P. Sweelinck, H. v. Sweeden, A. Voormolen, B. Wagenaar, D. Wayenberg, J.W. Wilms. Works by all these composers are showcased in pianist Jacob Bogaart's labour of love 'The Art of Dutch Keyboard Music'. The music in the 8 CD box seen below spans four centuries. Although Sweelink and his contemporaries are of course represented, the anthology is very much more than […]
2016-07-09 05:19:17
Another in a series of neglected symphonies … I. Allegro maestoso II. Lento – Grazioso – Finale: Più mosso, maestoso. Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Roelof van Driesten. To hear other works in my Neglected Symphonies series, click here .
2015-09-03 12:48:00
We just need to change the way audiences listen
[…] of Hazrat Inayat Khan have featured here in discussions about changing the way we listen. Chillahs are extreme tasks which encourage unlearning, and Hazrat Inayat Khan believed that the practice of unlearning - contradicting one's own ideas - is an essential part of inward growth. It is my proposition that this teaching is very relevant to the challenge of encouraging classical audiences to accept unfamiliar music both from within the Western tradition - Bax, Hartmann, Pijper etc - and from beyond. In his seminal book The Mysticism of Sound and Music Hazrat Inayat Khan describes vocal music as the supreme art, writing that: "The effect produced by an instrument , which is merely a machine, cannot be compared with that of the human voice". In India vocal music is considered to be the apogee of art music. But, as Peter Lavazzoli points out in his invaluable study, […]
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