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DCV 420 – Oscar van Hemel: Symphonic Works

DCV 420

Oscar van Hemel

Symphonic Works

Various performers

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In the years 1940-1960 Oscar van Hemel was one of the most frequently performed Dutch composers. He composed between the classical and atonal idiom. Van Hemel wrote five symphonies, numerous choral works, two operas, six string quartets and solo concertos for cello, flute, oboe and viola.
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North Brabant has a rich choir life. One of the absolute gems is Ad Parnassum, conducted by conductor Anthony Zielhorst. A group of experienced ensemble singers who sing sacred and profane music at a high level. Unknown contemporary music is regularly performed. The choir surprises its audience with impressive music from forgotten music archives.
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‘Shakespeare Sonnets’ by a Dutch composer Oscar van Hemel on the program by chamber choir Ad Parnassum.
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The annual New Year’s concert and New Year’s reception of the municipality of Hilversum will take place on Tuesday, January 9. With music by the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Year’s speech by Mayor Gerhard van den Top. Program: 7:00 PM: Enter St.
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Orchestra Intermezzo has been an ambitious orchestra from the Rotterdam region for over 35 years. Founded in 1981 and led by conductor Coen van der Heide until 2011, it has developed into a full-fledged symphony orchestra.
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The main theme of the overture is characterised by vitality. In contrast to this, a second, more lyrical, thought comes to fruition. Subsequently, a third fact, strong-willed in character, makes itself known. Motifs from ‘Merck toch hoe sterk’ are woven into the theme.
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Our Team’s Picks

Composers in the crosshairs of our attention

Composer

Michael Fine

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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Composer

Maxim Shalygin

January 30, 1985

"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

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Composer

Jan-Peter de Graaff

Netherlands, 1992,
"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
"De Graaff is een tovenaar met orkestkleuren in een taal die weliswaar van nu is, maar harmonisch ook vaak vertrouwd klinkt." - Paul Herruer, Dagblad van het Noorden
"De Graaffs grootste kracht schuilt in een paradox: stilstand die zindert van spanning." - Guido van Oorschot, De Volkskrant 
 
"Zijn muziek is in essentie atonaal, maar doordat ze niet is doodgesystematiseerd en De Graaff in de contouren en het verloop van zijn melodieën nog steeds romantisch durft te zijn, wordt de luisteraar met zachte, maar dwingende hand meegevoerd in het abstracte verhaal dat hij wil vertellen. Een grote troef is hierbij zijn orkestratiekunst. De muziek is kleurrijk, blijft altijd helder en verrassend." - Erik Voermans, Het Parool
 
"Had iemand mij van te voren voorspeld dat in een programma van Bach, Bartók en Jan-Peter de Graaff het stuk van de laatste mij het meest zou boeien, dan had ik dat niet geloofd. - Dingeman van Wijnen, Friesch Dagblad
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Composer

Celia Swart

Celia Swart (1994, NL) is a new music composer, saxophone player and visual artist. Growing up playing saxophone and piano, she found her love for composing.
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