BUY TICKETS

Program

"Regardant... écoutant..." (2004) for soprano and piano trio.
"Butternut Squash Za'atar" (2015) for flute and piano (Dutch première).
"Oaks" (2017) for mezzo-soprano and harpsichord (première).
"Walking into Clarity" (2012) for baritone and piano.
Musicians: Mijke Sekhuis (soprano), Jacobien Rozemond (violin), Doris Hochscheid (cello), Frans van Ruth (piano), Marieke Franssen (flute), Shuann Chai (piano), Fanny Alofs (alt/mezzo-soprano), Goska Isphording (harpsichord), Mattijs van de Woerd (bariton)

Serves to make up for the concert that was cancelled on December 12, 2020, due to Coronavirus restrictions

Serves to make up for the concert that was cancelled on February 28, 2021, due to Coronavirus restrictions

Delayed until the 2021/2022 season due to Coronavirus restrictions

Musical fragments and interview with musicians in response to the Oct 28 premiere of "We'll never let you down" by NPO Radio 4, program 'Podium'.

Due to Coronavirus restrictions this was a livestream performance without audience.

Repeat performance

Preview of a chamber opera in the making: "We'll never let you down" about the tragic life of cellist Jacqueline du Pré. Artistic team: Mattijs van de Woerd - baritone, Doris Hochscheid - cello, Frans van Ruth - piano, Mirjam Koen and Gerrit Timmers - scenario and stage direction.

Repeat performance of "The Scent of Pink" at Podium Zuidhaege, Assen (website).

First performance of "Collage in tijd" by chamber choir esGROOT, directed by Marcela Obermeister (at the occasion of esGROOT's twentieth anniversary).

First performance of "The Scent of Pink" (song cycle to poems of Israeli poet Asaph Ben-Menahem) at the Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht by Noa Frenkel (alto) and Shuann Chai (piano).

This piece will be performed by Emma Kroon (cello) in a series of concerts by the Nederlands Studenten Kamer Koor (Dutch Students' Chamber Choir). A listing of the concert venues is given on the website of the choir. The final performance is in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam on March 4, 2017.

Repeat performance of Crossing Lines by Joris van Rijn - violin and Jeroen Sarphati - piano.

Radio broadcast of  Butternut Squash Za'atar by Dutch Classical Radio Station NPO Radio-4, programme  Muziekwijzer (flute: Emma Resmini, piano: Bora Lee; live recording, January 2016, Washington D.C.).

Performance by students and teachers of the  Conservatory: Adéline Le Mer - soprano, Ruña 't Hart - violin, Emma Kroon - cello, Frans van Ruth - piano.

First performance of Crossing Lines for violin and piano by Joris van Rijn (violin) and Jeroen Sarphati (piano).

First performance of Lamentos for flute and cimbalom by Marieke Schneemann (flute) and Michiel Weidner (cimbalom).

First performance of Butternut Squash Zaatar for flute and piano by Emma Resmini (flute) and Bora Lee (piano).

First performance of  "Three Sonnets" by Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone), Shuann Chai (piano) and Huib Ramaer (reciter). The concert is part of a symposium about Maarten Maartens (pseudonym of Jozua van der Poorten Schwartz (Amsterdam, August 15th, 1858 – Doorn, August 3rd, 1915) at the occasion of his centennial year. My piece was commissioned for this occasion by the Maarten Maartens Foundation.

Try-out before the official first performance in Doorn on September 26th by baritone Mattijs van de Woerd, pianist Shuann Chai and reciter Huib Ramaer.

Baritone Mattijs van de Woerd and pianist Shuann Chai perform this piece about the life and work of English composer/poet Ivor Gurney on the 14th in Scheveningen and on the 23th of January in Naarden.

Duo Leeghwater (Marieke Franssen - flute and Marieke Wenink - viola) give the first performance of this piece in the historical setting of the 19th century Leeghwater steam-driven pumping station. Two consecutive concerts are played at 12:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Michael Tsalka - piano; Mårten Falk - guitar. Concert programme entitled: "SERENADE IN THE NORTHERN SEA".

First performance of Kinot by Ex Animo (choir), directed by Wim de Ru, brass ensemble Neos Brass and harpist Mirjam Overlach. 

Concert performance at the Taukay "Città di Udine" composition competition, where this piece was awarded a prize. It was performed by Andrea Dainese (flute), Andrea Formentin (clarinet), Pietro Bertelli (percussion), and Alessia Toffanin (piano).

First Performance of Lines, Dots & So On for two harps by Duo Bilitis (Eva Tebbe and Ekaterina Levental).Repeat performance on the Open Harp Days in Ede on October 25th.

First performance of the chamber version of Het Ware Geweld on Remembrance Day 2014 in cooperation with the Theater na de Dam Foundation and the Leo Smit Foundation. Solo singers: Gerben Houba (tenor) and Michel Poels (baritone). Actress and stage direction: Marijke Beversluis. Instrumental ensemble:  Jacobien Rozemond (violin), Doris Hochscheid (cello), Frans van Ruth (piano) and Niels Meliefste (percussion). Dramaturgy and scenography: Olaf Mulder. Repeat performances on May 11, 12 and 14, 2014; all in the Uilenburger Synagogue.

First performance of this song cycle about Ivor Gurney by Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone) and Shuann Chai (piano) in Gurney's city of birth.

First performance of Kultuurtuin Kawina  - a piece for mezzo-soprano, percussion and dancers, based on poems of Surinamese poets Bernardo Ashetu and Michaël Slory. Fanny Alofs (mezzo), Tatiana Koleva (percussion), Michael Jahoda, Maria Naidu and Lily Kiara (dance).

First performance of Waterspel by Kaoru Iwamura (fortepiano) and Stefan Gerritsen (guitar).

Repeat performance by the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet.

First performance of SU4 by the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet.

Repeat performance by Ensemble Scala.

Repeat performance by the Valerius Ensemble

First performance of Four Whitman Songs for baritone and piano by Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone) and Shuann Chai (piano) on the occasion of Ken Gould's 50th birthday.

Repeat performance of Fragments-20 and first performance of an arrangment of Schumann’s Eichendorff Liederkreis opus 39 for soprano and ensemble by Charlotte Riedijk and theValerius Ensemble.

First performance of Fragments-20 for soprano and ensemble by Charlotte Riedijk and the Valerius Ensemble in Den Bosch during November Music 2011 (festival for contemporary music).

First performance of Sporen by the Lumaka Ensemble.

First performance of Thirty-one steps to heaven by the Huygens-Fokker Ensemble.

First performance of Splinters by Holland Symfonia conducted by Hans Leenders with Charlotte Riedijk (soprano) in the during the Gaudeamus Festival 2010.

First performance of The hours rise up for mezzosoprano and cello by Oda Zoe Hochscheid (mezzo) and Doris Hochscheid (cello) on the occasion of the wedding of their sister Helle with Michael Burke.

First performance of Four pieces for flute, violin and double bass by Peter Verduyn Lunel (flute), Cecilia Bernardini (violin) and Rick Stotijn (double bass). (Repeat performances were given in Hilversum, Groningen and Zaandam).

First performance of Windkracht Acht (Beaufort Eight) by Flute-octet Blow-up.

First performance of Farewell, dance little sisters by Paolo Giacometti (piano).

Repeat performance of Wagner’s Dreams by Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone) and the Cristofori Piano Quartet.

First performance of Clairobscure for strings by Zoraster, directed by Herman Draaisma.

Repeat performance of Elef Lajla-we-lajla by Jacobien Rozemond in the Salon390 concert series.

First performance of Calmovivo for strings by Amsterdam Sinfonietta (commissioned piece for the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Amsterdam Sinfonietta, with financial support of the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst).

First performance of Wagner's Dreams at the International Chamber Music Festival The Hague. Performing artists: Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone) and the Cristofori Piano Quartet (Eva Stegeman- violin, Johannes Erkes - viola, Eric de Wit - cello, Paolo Giacometti - piano). 

First performance of Juliana's by Musica del Cuore - Carolien Erkelens (soprano) and Anne Nydam-Koene (harp). Stage direction: Elsina Janssen.

First performance of Tehilim; conductor: Arne Visser; solo: Gilad Nezer.

Release of a CD-recording of In Limine, the Sonata for Cello and Piano and Elef Lajla-We-Lajla. Production and distribution by Sol Classics (Huib Ramaer). Performing musicians: the Amsterdam Bridge Ensemble (Jacobien Rozemond - violin, Doris Hochscheid - cello and Frans van Ruth - piano) with guest artists Wilke te Brummelstroete (mezzo-soprano) and Carolien van 't Hof (flute). Recording directors: Matthias Kadar, Sven-Arne Tepl; recording engineer: Bert van Dijk. Go to tab sheet CD's for some sound samples from this CD.  

First performance of Regardant … écoutant ... (Philippe Jaccottet’s home town); Performing musicians: Valérie Guillorit (soprano) and the Amsterdam Bridge Ensemble (Jacobien Rozemond - violin, Doris Hochscheid - cello and Frans van Ruth - piano). June 11, 2006 - repeat performance at the Bethaniënklooster, Amsterdam (concert series “Het Ontwakend Gehoor”).

First performance of Murmurs and Cries by Ainoa Miranda (bass clarinet) and Melkorka Olafsdottir (flute).

Repeat performance of the Cello sonata by Doris Hochscheid – cello and Frans van Ruth – piano (concert series “Het Ontwakend Gehoor”).