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Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato (arrangement by Anthony Fiumara)

Friday, 12 April 2024   |   20:15 - 22:30

Simeon ten Holt: Canto Ostinato (arrangement by Anthony Fiumara)

The young Dutch-Israeli composer Karmit Fadael composed a lyrical and slightly exotic concerto for orchestra and the instrument she plays herself: the violin, especially for the North Netherlands Orchestra. When composing, she had the sound of the young violinist Pieter van Loenen in mind, winner of the Dutch Classical Talent Audience Award 2019, among others.

Canto Ostinato by the Dutch composer Simeon ten Holst is an unparalleled classical hit; Anyone who saw the documentary About Canto knows how much this music means to enthusiasts. The work is usually performed in a version for two or four grand pianos. However, it was not suitable for orchestra; After all, the musicians always have to make decisions on the spot about, for example, the number of repetitions of a passage. Until composer Anthony Fiumara, as composer in residence of the North Netherlands Orchestra, made a version for orchestra in 2016.

Programme
Hilborg: Mantra-Elegy
Fadael: Violin Concerto (première)
Ten Holt /Fiumara: Canto Ostinato

  • Composer(s) Simeon ten Holt / Anthony Fiumara
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Canto Ostinato

  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Noord Nederlands Orkest, conductor - Eivind Gullberg Jensen
Date
Apr 12 2024
Expired!
Time
20:15 - 22:30
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Location
Groningen, De Oosterpoort
Groningen, De Oosterpoort
Trompsingel 27, 9724 DA Groningen
Website https://www.spotgroningen.nl
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Canto Ostinato

voor toetsinstrumenten, 1976-79
Simeon ten Holt
Year of composition:
1979
Publisher's Number: 03360
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Simeon ten Holt was born in Bergen on January 24, 1923. He studied piano and theory with Jakob van Domselaer (1890-1960).
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