2011/2012
The succesful performance of Ghaf!, a composition of Klaas de Vries, in 2009 has resulted in a second joint venture in the spring of 2012. 10 instrumentalists will be utilized in different combinations during this entire program composition.
The third and last concert of the series chamber music by country makes a journey through Germany. The work of Hans Werner Henzeis clearly expressionistic, a style in which harmonic and melodic structures converse with the listener.
The unrequited love of Bartók for Stefi Geyer conveyed in his first string quartet may recall to mind Beethoven’s work, but in Bartók’s string quartet the hopeful progression does not come to absolution but to reconciliation.
Central to this production are the texts of the French poet Stéphane Mallarmé. In an attempt to understand the grief he experienced at the death of his son, Mallarmé wrote the Tombeau d’Anatole.
The chamber music series of the DoelenEnsemble will start its second season with again three countries in the spotlight. In the first programme the listener is taken on travels through France.
Eastern mysticism was an enormous source of fascination and inspiration for the composer Debussy. His piano works are therefore a logical and yet striking contrast to the performance of Jonathan Harvey’s Bhakti. Played alongside each other the music of these composers becomes a unique experience.
In this second program of chamber music the DoelenEnsemble will perform works of three captivating American composers, spanning approximately a century of music. Ornstein, Antheil and Adams take the listener on a gallery expedition of beautifully threadlike sounds, lyrical lines and minimalistic pieces.
Peter-Jan Wagemans is artistic director of the DoelenEnsemble and in honour of his 60th birthday his beautifully written string quartets have been programmed in one concert together with two other Dutch composers.
Centering around the work of Gustav Mahler’s Piano Quartet, the listener encounters beauteous colours of composers for whom Mahler is or has been important.
21 Apr
Jurriaanse Zaal de Doelen, Rotterdam
27 Apr
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam
10 May
de Toonzaal Den Bosch
12 May
Eduard Flipsezaal de Doelen, Rotterdam
26 May
Laurenskerk Rotterdam
26 May
Laurenskerk Rotterdam
Doelen Ensemble
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3000 AZ Rotterdam
The Netherlands
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