Thompson writes festive anniversary work for Chineke! Orchestra
Chineke! Orchestra has been committed to diversity and inclusion in the orchestral world for a decade. During this decade, the orchestra has produced many outstanding young musicians, highlighted countless works by neglected composers, and given new commissions to composers with new stories to tell. The celebratory year will kick off with a concert...
New Wagemans work for 750 years of Amsterdam in NTR Saturday Matinee
Residents of the capital will not have failed to notice: Amsterdam is celebrating 750 years of city rights. The celebration also finds its way to the NTR ZaterdagMatinee. For the occasion, Peter-Jan Wagemans wrote a new work for choir and orchestra called Labyrint, based on the lines of the well-known song Aan de Amsterdamse grachten. The piece fol...
Music by Paul M. van Brugge in new documentary series ‘The war that never ends’
The Central Archive on Special Jurisdiction (CABR) is the largest archive on World War II in the Netherlands. From January on, it will be searchable for the public. It contains 3.8 kilometres of files with 30 million pages on persons suspected of collaborating with the German occupiers. Besides legal documents, the CABR contains witness statements,...
Duo Gross & Schouten consists of cellist Katharina Gross and bass clarinettist Fie Schouten. In their concerts, starting in 2022, they play contemporary repertoire in which they explore all the possibilities of their instruments. bee sage is their first album, featuring almost exclusively works written especially for them. This includes the title w...