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DCV 263 – Kris Oelbrandt: Peace Cantata

DCV 263

Kris Oelbrandt

Peace Cantata
Quirine Viersen, Berend Eijkhout, Chamber Choir Ad Parnassum & Anthony Zielhorst
Composer

Kris Oelbrandt

In Oelbrandt's music, you can hear the sound shadows of composers such as Arvo Pärt and Olivier Messiaen, but he walks his own spiritual path.

Kris Oelbrandt was born in Sint-Gillis-Waas (Belgium) on November 13, 1972. Kris studied violin, viola and piano at the Academy of Music, Drama and Dance in Sint-Niklaas.
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Composer Kris Oelbrandt was commissioned by the Dominican Monastery to write a new work on confession.
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Piece for arpeggione, commissioned by Nicolas Deletaille.
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In the Kroonpen series, the Capella Brabant chamber choir goes in search of composers with a spiritual nature. The passion for religious traditions and meaning can be heard in their choral works. The main menu features Ralph Vaughan Williams’ majestic 1920-21 Mass in G Minor.
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In the Kroonpen series, the Capella Brabant chamber choir goes in search of composers with a spiritual nature. The passion for religious traditions and meaning can be heard in their choral works. The main menu features Ralph Vaughan Williams’ majestic 1920-21 Mass in G Minor.
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Music has everything to do with concentration: composer, musician, listener share the same concentration experience. Every note has meaning and significance, every sound speaks. This concentration has nothing to do with forcing oneself, but with relaxing.
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After the impressive The Crack (October 2022) and the restrained joyful Reaching out to Freedom (May 5, broadcast live by RTV Oost), music by Kris Oelbrandt will be heard again on June 17: the piano work Catharsis.
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“Reaching out to Freedom” are three short cello pieces, commissioned by the organizing festival committee for the May 5 opening ceremony, reaching out to the big liberty feast.
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The arpeggione, an almost forgotten instrument, has a very subtle, delicate sound. Nicolas Deletaille, ambassador for the instrument, commissioned many composers to write new music for the instrument. My “Monologue” explores the wide range and multiple playing techniques of this intriguing instrument.
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Soundmeditations about compassion, forgiveness and new regained freedom. Commissioned by the Dominicanenklooster Zwolle.
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A full evening concert in the Academiehuis de Grote Kerk will conclude the Day of the Composer in Zwolle in a festive manner. The evening concert opens with a work by graduating ArtEZ student Inge Ettema.
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DCV 531 Kris Oelbrandt Psalm 125 Capella Brabant and Marc Versteeg  
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"De Graaff is een alleskunner en een echte en helder opflitsende komeet aan het muzikale firmament die aan niemand ongemerkt voorbij kan gaan." - Maarten Brandt, Opus Klassiek
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Education Michael has a degree in English Literature from the State University of New York. Despite having no formal music education, he has an active international career in several aspects of the music business.
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