programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Symphony No. 40 in g, KV 550
Josquin des Prez (c. 1450-1521) Nymphes des bois
L. Andriessen (1939-2021) May (Commissioned by Holland Festival 2020, co-sponsored by the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Cappella Amsterdam and the Friends of the Matinee) (world premiere)
performers
Cappella Amsterdam
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Daniel Reuss conductor
Cancelled
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Explanation
A slightly belated Louis Andriessen premiere
The latest work by the doyen of Dutch composed music, Louis Andriessen (*1939), was set to premiere at the Holland Festival 2020. However, anti-corona measures prevented that concert. With financial support from Cappella Amsterdam, the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, and the Friends of the Matinee, NTR ZaterdagMatinee can now organize an additional concert. This way, you can still become acquainted with Andriessen’s latest work, which was inspired by Herman Gorter’s Mei.
“A new spring and a new sound…,” is how Herman Gorter’s famous poem May begins. The now 81-year-old composer Louis Andriessen was inspired by the poem to create a new composition for choir and orchestra. The piece is a tribute to his late close friend, the recorder player and conductor Frans Brüggen (1934-2014).
Mozart and Josquin des Prez
The relationship with Mozart’s penultimate symphony—one of Brüggen’s “masterworks”—is beautiful. Tragedy, operatic drama, and the loving work of a “pop musician avant la lettre”: Mozart’s career condensed into one symphony. Nymphes des bois, omposed by Josquin des Prez for his colleague Johannes Ockeghem, who passed away in 1497, fits seamlessly into this programme.