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Joey Roukens: Con Spirito

Thursday, 26 September 2024   |   20:15 - 22:30

Joey Roukens: Con Spirito

‘Stunningly beautiful’, ‘unbelievably refined’: NRC critic Joep Stapel gave Martha Argerich’s concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic a place of honor in his classical top 5 of 2022. In 1st place he put a premiere by Joey Roukens, also with us orchestra. The legendary Argerich and the brilliant Roukens now come together in one evening, with Dvořák topping it all off. The concert of 2024? Just might.

Program:

Roukens: Con Spirito (commissioned, world premiere)
Bartók: Third Piano Concerto (soloist: Martha Argerich)
Dvořák: Ninth Symphony

  • Composer(s) Joey Roukens
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    New work for orchestra
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Lahav Shani - conductor
Date
Sep 26 2024
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Time
20:15 - 22:30
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Location
Rotterdam, De Doelen
Rotterdam, De Doelen
Schouwburgplein 50, 3012 CL Rotterdam
Website https://www.dedoelen.nl/nl/

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Con Spirito

Overture for orchestra
Joey Roukens
Year of composition:
2024
Duration:
00:12:00
Publisher's Number: 22642
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Composer

Joey Roukens

His output includes orchestral works, ensemble works, chamber music, solo instrumental works and an opera. In his music Roukens strives to move away from modernist ways of thinking in search for a more eclectic and more direct idiom, without reverting to some naive neo-style. In doing so, the composer doesn’t shy away from the use of triads, tonal or diatonic harmonies, a regular rhythmic pulse, directness of expression, simplicity, references to popular music and vernacular culture, ‘stealing’ from the musical heritage of the past and the odd trivial turn.

Joey Roukens was born in Schiedam, the Netherlands, in 1982.
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DCV 500 Joey Roukens Symphony No.
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Con Spirito is an overture for orchestra in which Joey Roukens showcases his most joyful and exuberant side.
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