Programme Classical Encounters 2019
Wednesday 8 May | 20:15h | Nieuwe Kerk | Den Haag
Opening concert: Death and the Maiden
Schubert – String quartet no. 14 in d-minor ‘Der Tod und das Mädchen’
Gordan Nikolic – violin / Eva Stegeman – violin / Hannah Strijbos – viola / Ursula Smith – cello
Janáček – String Quartet nr.1 ‘Kreutzersonate’
with narrated fragments from Tolstoy’s novella ‘De Kreutzersonate’ (in Dutch)
Pieter van Loenen – violin / Eva Stegeman – violin / Hannah Strijbos – viola / Sietse-Jan Weijenberg – cello / Ian Bok – actor/narrator
Thursday 9 May | 20:15 | Aalmarktzaal | Leiden
Onvoltooid Verleden Tijd
Mozart – Requiem in d-minor KV 626 ( (original, unfinished version)
arr. Marijn van Prooijen, 2019 – world première
Eva Stegeman – violin / Marieke Kosters – violin / Hannah Strijbos – viola / Ursula Smith – cello / Jesse Faber – basset horn & clarinet / Tom Wolfs – basset horn & clarinet / Roger Cramers – oboe d’amore / Sebastiaan Kemner – sackbut / Teunis van der Zwart – horn / Dorian Cooke – bassoon
Lekeu – Piano quartet (unfinished 1893-94)
Hans Eijsackers – piano / Eva Stegeman – violin / Hannah Strijbos – viola / Ursula Smith – cello
Presentation – Leo Samama
Friday 10 May 17:00-17:45 uur | Haags Historisch Museum | Den Haag
Murder, Myth & Mystery: Anton Webern – screwed by a cigar…
Webern – Langsamer Satz (1905)
Webern – 6 Bagatelles
Sjostakovitsj – String Quartet no. 8,
movements III-IV-V
Armonia Quartet:
Yu-Ting Lu – violin
Ana García-Saguar Pérez – violin
M. Ángeles Chaparro Fuentes – viola
Candela Mier-Terán de la Flor – cello
Friday 10 mei | 19:30 – 20:45 | Nieuwe Kerk | Den Haag
Die Winterreise
Schubert – Die Winterreise (arr. Richard Krug)
André Morsch – bariton / Eva Stegeman – violin / Tim Brackman – violin / Asdis Valdimarsdottir – viola / Mick Stirling – cello
Friday 10 May | 21:30 – 22:30| Nieuwe Kerk | Den Haag
Over Orpheus
Jan-Peter de Graaff – Jutters [new work for solo violin, 2019]
Bartók – Sonata for solo violin
J.S. Bach – Ciaconna from Partita for solo violin, BWV 1004
Pieter van Loenen – violin / Carlo Camagni – dance / Lisenka Heijboer – direction / Peter Leung – choreography / Hendrik Walther – lighting design / Niels Nuijten – dramaturgy
Saturday 11 May | 11:00-11:45| Museum Swaensteyn | Voorburg
Murder, Myth & Mystery: Mozart’s mysterious finale…
– Abendempfindung KV 523- Parto ma tu ben mio, Sesto from La Clemenza di Tito KV 621- Agnus dei from Krönungsmesse in C major KV 317- Sonata for piano solo KV 280, part II- Torna di Tito, Annio from La Clemenza di Tito KV 621- Laudate dominum, Vesperae solennes de confessore KV 339
Eléonore Marmeuse – mezzo-soprano
Sebastiano Evangelista –
hammerklavier
Saturday 11 May | 14:00 – 17:00 | Leiden Living Rooms | Leiden
Leiden Living Rooms trilogy: Murder, Myth & Mystery
Er zijn van die verhalen die je niet met de waarheid moet verpesten… Wandel langs drie Leidse huiskamers en ontrafel de mythes rondom de mysterieuze dood van drie componisten. Dicht op de huid en in de persoonlijke sfeer van iemands huiskamer: kamermuziek back to its roots!
Murder, Myth &
Mystery: Schumann – wrong medication…?
Murder, Myth & Mystery: Alkan – fatal books…?
Murder, Myth & Mystery: Tchaikovsky – suicide or just bad luck…?
Saturday 11 mei | 14:00 – 17:00 | Marotzaal Kasteel Duivenvoorde | Voorschoten
Classical Encounters Talent Support Concerts
14:00-14:30 hours
First Prize winner Prinses Christina Concours 2019 (finale 14 April)
15:15-15:45 hours
Thomas Prechal – cello (Academie voor Muzikaal Talent) / Albert Colomar – piano
16:30-17:00 hours
Jelmer de Moed – clarinet (laureate Classic Young Masters) / Rik Kuppen – piano (finalist YPF Piano Competition & Dutch Classical Talent)
Saturday 11 May | 14:15 15:00 | Lourdeskerk | Scheveningen
Faust – A diabolic tale (Viotta Youth Orchestra)
Een luchtige familievoorstelling, losjes gebaseerd op beroemde Faust-vertellingen en met bekende werken die specifiek voor Faust-verhalen werden gecomponeerd van Berlioz, Gounod, Tsjaikovski en Grieg.
Viotta Jeugd Orkest o.l.v. Coen Stuit / Steef Hupkes – acteur
Zaterdag 11 mei | 20:30 uur | Lourdeskerk | Scheveningen
Ángeles y Diablos – Tango with Isabelle van Keulen
Star violinist Isabelle van Keulen and her ensemble bring a compelling ode to the tango, to Piazzolla and to his ‘Angels and Devils’.
Walk-in with live music from 20:00 hrs
Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble
Isabelle van Keulen – violin / Christian Gerber – bandoneon / Rüdiger Ludwig – double bass / Ulrike Payer – piano
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Sunday 12 May | 11:00 – 11:45 | COMM | Den Haag
Murder, Myth & Mystery – De fatal bicycle trip of Ernest Chausson
During the descent from a hill, Chausson lost control of his bicycle and came to a standstill against a stone wall. He was instantly dead…
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps for piano trio (1918)
Chausson – Piano trio in g-minor op.3
The Atlantic Trio:
Janneke van Prooijen – violin / Ansfried Plat – cello / Bas Verheijden – piano
Sunday 12 May | 13:30 – 14:30 | COMM | Den Haag
The devil in music
A devilishly exciting program around the diabolus in music: the tritonus, the interval that represents the devil.
With among others Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre, a choral setting by Bach, jazz music by Jobim, Bernsteins, Maria from West Side Story and L’histoire du Soldat by Stravinsky.
Rik Kuppen – piano / Pieter van Loenen – violin / Jelmer de Moed – clarinet / Leo Samama – presentation
Sunday 12 May | 15:30 – 16:30| COMM | Den Haag
Slotconcert: Rembrandt Frerichs Trio – Music Never Dies!
On authentic instruments, the Rembrandt Frerichs Trio sketches a future with music by composers who have long since passed away, whose music lives on and continues to appeal to the imagination of all generations: Music Never Dies!
Rembrandt Frerichs Trio
Rembrandt Frerichs – fortepiano (anno 1790), harmonium (anno 1860) / Benjamin Glorieux – cello / Vinsent Planjer – percussie