Temperamental, atmospheric, detailed and of great beauty. This is what Jacob van Ruisdael’s landscape paintings look like, and this is how the rich quartet interpretations of the Ruysdael Quartet sound. The Dutch company has been making progress for more than 25 years. They stand out for their meticulous, crystal-clear performances, playing both classical work and challenging contemporary composers to create new work. Their repertoire includes Terry Riley and works by Jörg Widmann written especially for the Ruysdael. Now for the first time on November Music!

In the context of their 25th anniversary, the quartet asked twenty-five Dutch composers to write a short work of between one and two minutes. Composers who received an invitation include Rozalie Hirs, Anne-Maartje Lemereis, Joey Roukens, Guus Janssen, Thomas Beijer, Hanna Kulenty, Martijn Padding, Karmit Fadael, Florian Magnus Maier, Joël Bons, Jan van de Putte, JacobTV and David Dramm. No strangers to the loyal visitor of November Music. In this way a wonderful sample of Dutch composition at the beginning of the 21st century is created. During this premiere concert, the Ruysdael will play a selection of these modern quartet brilliants for the first time.

Programma

Thomas Beijer – Ruysdael’s Windmill (scale 1:125)
Bianca Bongers  – Vieren!
Joël Bons – Bounce
Aftab Darvishi – Persian Miniature
David Dramm  – Déjà vu
Karmit Fadael – ‘t kan verkeeren
Martin Fondse – Country Life “the 60 seconds way 07″
Oene van Geel – Roquedael
Rob Goorhuis – Wolkenluchten
Jan-Peter de Graaff – Fanfarelle
Rozalie Hirs – Blue Adonis
Guus Janssen – Red, yellow and Bluegrass
Willem Jeths – Paesaggio dramatico
Max Knigge – The Strings around Saturn
Hanna Kulenty – Étoile infini
Anne-Maartje Lemereis – Plakband
Florian Magnus Maier – Puppet Ballet
Carlos Michans – Le Fugitif
Reza Namavar – Zeevlam
Maarten Ornstein – Ruis voor Ruysdael
Martijn Padding – Jacob van Ruysdael, the enlightened Calvinist
Jan van de Putte – Vite, plus Vite!!
Joey Roukens – Landschap met Reiziger
Edward Top – Fluster
Jacob TV – Stardust