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Maxim Shalygin: ‘Drop after drop’ for string orchestra

Sunday, 29 January 2023   |   15:00 - 18:00

Maxim Shalygin: ‘Drop after drop’ for string orchestra

Blue Sunday

We are going to start the year off right with a very special edition of our Blue Monday tradition: Blue Sunday! This year on a different day, but with the atmosphere and snacks and drinks you are used to. An afternoon at the Walloon Church full of comfort, beautiful musical surprises and special guests.

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Program:
* Dimitri Sjostakovitsj
Kammersinfonie fur Streichorchester, opus 110a
* Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Concerto funebre voor viool en strijkorkest (solist: Emma Roijakkers)
*Maxim Shalygin
Drop after drop for string orchestra
*Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, I. Preludio
* Trio C tot de derde
*Louis Andriessen
Un beau baiser, uit de opera ‘George Sand’
*Lundi Sisters
  • Composer(s) Maxim Shalygin
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    "drop after drop" for string orchestra
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra String orchestra Lundi Bleu
Date
Jan 29 2023
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Time
15:00 - 18:00
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Location
Amsterdam, Waalse Kerk
Amsterdam, Waalse Kerk
Walenpleintje 159, 1012 JZ Amsterdam
Website https://dewaalsekerk.nl/home/
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Composer

Maxim Shalygin

"Creativity is an unconscious act of insanity, in a burst of which the truth is born. No matter how beautiful or disgusting it may seem to people far from madness, its value is beyond doubt, both for the author and for those able to sense its invisible beauty. After all, gratitude for endless trials and suffering brings joy and blissful emptiness… Being shocked by music is about pain turning into beauty and getting under your skin, taking away your breath; about everything stopping to move. I want to be scratched inside by sound and experience the fleeting, invisible beauty." - Maxim Shalygin

His compositions include chamber, vocal, symphonic, electro-acoustic music, as well as music for theater, ballet and film.
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