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Hello Everyone,

Just to inform you that I added the sleevenotes to the post with Pijper's Symphony Nº 1.

The text can be useful also with the post of mjkFendrich with Pijper's Concerti and Epigrammes. They come from the same double lp


Elroel

Is this the original version, or the revised version by Willem Boogman (1991)?

Now there I cannot help you.

I can say that the three movement headings are-

1. Allegro assai e cantabile

2. Adagio poco maestoso

3. Presto legiero e scorrevole

I am very much afraid, Roelef, that these same recordings of the two Andriessen symphonies were transferred to the Etcetera cd KTC 1307 :(

Overlooked that. I'll delete the links.

Thanks for the warning.


Elroer

As far as I know, all of these have been released on Donemus CDs, but all are out of print now. Does that mean this is ok to post? Either way, these can all be listened to on Concert Zender, should these have to be removed.

Well, I did it again.  I'll stop posting Dutch music from now and remove the ones mentioned.

Elroel

No, please don't stop! It's much appreciated, and luckily, if there are certain releases of CDs that prevent us from posting music, there are legal alternatives like Concert Zender. See here:

http://www.concertzender.nl/programmagids.php?date=2008-02-05&month=-59&detail=27540
http://www.concertzender.nl/programmagids.php?date=2008-03-03&month=-58&detail=27918

Many other interesting pieces can be found in these same programs.

Elroel!

Thanks so much for the Escher symphonies 1 and 2.  My kind of music!  I really enjoyed these.  If there are any more Esher symphonies, I'd love to hear them!!  Thanks again,

Malito

Escher wrote only two symphonies but there are three other orchestral works by Escher which I have: "Musique pour l'esprit en deuil", the Passacaglia for orchestra and "Hymne du grand meaulnes".

Thank you, Dunndonnel.  I have those works by Escher.  I especially like "Grand Hymne/Meaulnes..."  Fabulous. Malito

There are also "Sinfonia in memoriam Maurice Ravel" (1940-) of which only the slow part seems to have been completed, and "Sinfonia per dieci strumenti" (1973-75).

If they're uploadable, - why not?

Like to hear.

I am afraid that only the Passacaglia may be. The other two pieces appear to be on cd.

A moment ago I postd a link to a work called Concerto Hypnagogique' (for piano & orch).
Here some more info  (from Wikipedia) about this composer

Joey Roukens (born Schiedam, 28 March 1982) is a Dutch composer of contemporary classical music.

Roukens studied composition with Klaas de Vries[1] at the Rotterdam Conservatoire and psychology at Leiden University. Roukens also studied piano privately with Ton Hartsuiker. His works have been performed by, among others, the New European Ensemble (on Dutch National TV), the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Nieuw Ensemble, the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet and Orkest de Volharding. His output includes orchestral works, ensemble works, chamber music and solo instrumental works.

In his music Roukens strives to move away from modernist dogmas in search for a more direct idiom in which present and past, diatonicism and chromaticism, tonality and atonality can coexist in a natural way. In doing so, he tries to be open to as many different kinds and styles of music as possible, whether it be new styles or old styles, high culture or vernacular culture, ‘serious’ or popular music, western music or non-western music.[1][2] For a long time, Roukens has also been active in pop music.

Listening to it as I type :)

Yes.....very impressive. Thanks :)

If you click on Roukens ' name on the link kindly provided by Mr. Roelof, there are other downloads of his music possible !

The earlier neglect of the Matthijs Vermeulen Cycle of symphonies on Donemus was almost criminal and probably would never have been redone by Chandos if Concertzender had not made them available for listening. Based on that, I got the original now defunct Donemus CDs which are priceless, but it took considerable effort and was an import. I have not compared them to the Chandos cycle because I have absolutely no need to do that.

I bought the symphonies of Matthijs Vermeulen when they came from Donemus as lp's. His chamber music  is also VERY >:( much in neglect!  I believe these are exact the same recordings they later used on there cd's. They came as double-lp album. Also his Chamber Music was available.
Eventually I digitised them and wrote them on cd. This way they now and then are played in my car stereo
The music of Vermeulen deserves a far better place in our concerts. Even in the Netherlands, his works are hardly ever heard in the music hall.

Nothing new of course, this neglect goes for many other composers. That's the reason we are on this forum, are we not?

Elroel :
Re  Vermeulen,
while we have the same mindset regarding the quality of his music, except for symphony 1, much of it is quite dour and
for that reason, may not be everyone's cup of tea. That's my guess as to why it does not often make the concert programs.
It is not an easy ride!!

Marijn Simons - Symphony Nº 2 (2006-7)

I uploaded the Second Symphony of the Dutch composer Marijn Simons.

For the non-Dutch speakers amongst you I translated the intro:

Marijn Simons wrote his 2nd symphony commissioned by the Theater Heerlen (Heerlen is a city in thr south-east of the country), on the occasion of the re opening after the restyling of this theatres Large Concert Hall in 2008.

It is  co commissioned from this theatre and of the Limburgs Symfonie Orkest for their 125th Anniversary. The symphony is dedicated to the conductor (and his former teacher) Ed Spanjaard.

Although Simons revised the work later, you'll hear here a live performance from the original version. This performance was given on September 29, 2008 in the Music Hall of the Theatre 'De Vrijthof' in Maastricht.

It was later broadcast on Concertzender (from the same tape).

The  Limburgs Symfonie Orkest plays the symphony, under the baton of Ed Spanjaard.

The symphony is in 4 parts, written for a large orchestra, with an extended percussion section (8 players). Next to the standard percussion instruments, there was also a use of exotic instruments like a Thai Gong, Latin-American and African drums.

The duration of the work is over 50 minutes.

Simons is indebted to the great romantic symphonies, especially to Mahler.

More info on this composer: http://musicalworld.com/artists/marijn-simons/ and on his own website http://www.marijnsimons.com/

Another new name to me, thank you, Mr. Roelof - he has his own YT Channel, too.

Willem Jeths: Blokfluitconcerto.

The recorder ("blokfluit" in dutch) is the number one instrument for musical education in the Netherlands. There are not many modern dutch concertos for the instrument.
The difficulty seems to be: to keep the recorder in balance with an orchestra.
Willem Jeths created a beautiful concerto, by using as little orchestral power as possible.

The concerto had its world premiere on dec 12, 2014, and a recording of this has now been posted in the Dutch music area.

The concerto was written for the solosist who plays it here: Erik Bosgraaf

You hear the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, conduced by their chief conductor Marcus Stenz.

Willem Jeths - Blokfluitconcerto (Recorder Cto)

I got a message that the Mediafire link didn't work.
I replaced the link and wonder if it's o.k. now


Elroel

Hello all,

One of the members informed me that there was something wrong with my post of De Leeuw's 1st Violin Cto.

The file I posted was by far too large for the composition itself. The VC starts at around 14 min. The first part, befroe the talking is a work by Tristan Keuris, who was a pupil of de Leeuw, who himself had a.o. Olivier Messiaen as one of his teachers.

I've modified the link. Now it is the Violin Cto No.1 only.

For space reasons I've uploaded the file to Dropbox. To download click on the file and go to the upper right corner where you see three dots ... click on it  and click on download.

Elroel