tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63313529259533585092024-03-13T02:57:15.833+00:00Louis AndriessenBlog about Louis Andriessen's music - Edited by Jelena NovakJelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-52834849264380303732021-07-02T00:34:00.002+01:002021-07-02T01:05:08.247+01:00In Memoriam: Louis AndriessenNo composer in the
Netherlands was as influential as Louis Andriessen (1939-2021)by Frits van der Waa, first published in deVolkskrant Louis Andriessen in Belgrade in 2004. Louis Andriessen, Holland’s most famous composer, has died.
Friends and colleagues have confirmed this to de Volkskrant. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease and passed away
Thursday night in a nursing home in Weesp. He was Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-35304508228186304042021-07-01T19:08:00.006+01:002021-07-01T19:11:01.194+01:00Louis Andriessen (6 June 1939 -1 July 2021)Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-16286566366825897302017-04-03T21:48:00.002+01:002017-04-03T21:48:54.862+01:00De Materie Opens World Minimal Music Festival in AmsterdamOpening concert at Muziekgebouw aan t 'IJ featuring Andriessen's De Materie on Wednesday April 5 is sold out.
General rehearsal at 16.30 is open for attendance. Tickets are still available.
Performers:
Asko|SchönbergEnsemble AcademieReinbert de Leeuw dirigentKristina Bitenc sopraanGeorgi Sztojanov tenorNina van Essen spreekstemElsie de Brauw spreekstem
Here is the programme note Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-92010796312616962102016-12-08T17:01:00.001+00:002016-12-08T17:01:54.309+00:00Het Klankcafe: Andriessen, Caso and Keesmaat about Anais Nin & Odysseus’ Women
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-89621006693438038612016-12-08T12:26:00.000+00:002016-12-08T12:27:01.472+00:00Odysseus' Women + Anaïs Nin
Friday, December 9, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam
19.15 uur / Foyerdeck 1 / Inleiding
Dramaturg Koen Bollen in gesprek met pianist Gerard Bouwhuis, componist Louis Andriessen en regisseur Jorinde Keesmaat.
20.15 uur / Grote Zaal / Hoofdprogramma
Louis Andriessen Odysseus' Women
Louis Andriessen Anaïs NinJelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-87721460099122035962016-11-07T23:33:00.001+00:002016-11-07T23:34:17.367+00:00Six Films on Hoketus by Bas AndriessenSix films on Hoketus, Introduction by Bas Andriessen, the author:
HOKETUS was an influential ensemble for contemporary music in Holland from
1976 -1986. On september 14th 1986 the group gave 2 farewell concerts (afternoon
& evening) because it's musicians decided it was enough. It had existed 10
years. In this period the group had commissioned several composers to write
pieces for Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-38000830226527612192016-11-05T10:39:00.000+00:002016-11-05T10:39:57.753+00:00Six Films on Hoketus, Trailer
Recently Bas Andriessen (not related to Louis Andriessen) completed the series of six films he made about legendary ensemble Hoketus.Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-51225656137245408492016-07-26T14:07:00.000+01:002016-07-26T14:09:35.982+01:00Andriessen and Opera: The Bell Rings Thirteen Times
Writing
music for unconventional ensembles and music theatre has been a constant in Louis
Andriessen’s career. Together with the American composers Philip Glass, Steve
Reich and John Adams, and his compatriot Michel van der Aa, he is one of the
foremost composers of postmodern contemporary opera (so-called ‘postopera’). The
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-52750657864548265422016-07-18T11:23:00.001+01:002016-07-18T11:30:39.752+01:00Theatre of the World Trailer
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-24457158995844683732016-06-26T08:16:00.000+01:002016-06-26T08:16:20.387+01:00
Cristina Zavalloni as Sor Juana, Photo by Quay Brothers
Leigh Melrose as Kircher and Marcel Beekman as pope, Photo by Quay Brothers
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-22436256481492270592016-06-16T13:05:00.000+01:002016-06-16T13:14:55.833+01:00Theatre of the World: Review of Reviews
Survey of reviews in Dutch press by Frits van der Waa:
As was to be expected, the premiere of Theatre of the World attracted national and international
attention, and was generally greeted with acclaim. Most of the leading Dutch newspapers reported on it. There was a
lot of praise for the music and the performers, but less so for the libretto
and the staging.
‘A masterfully
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-86156500596121390662016-06-15T11:07:00.001+01:002016-06-15T11:07:36.626+01:00How Carré was transformed into Theatre of the World
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-18455110082834322132016-06-15T04:50:00.000+01:002016-06-15T04:55:51.305+01:00Theatre of the World Animations Stills
Child, Scene 1, Image by Quay Brothers
Child swallows heart, Image by Quay Brothers
Kircher, Pope, child, Image by Quay Brothers
Kircher listening, Image by Quay Brothers
Image by Quay Brothers
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Steven Van Watermeulen as Janssonius (publisher) / Fabretti (critic)
Leigh Melrose as Athanasius Kircher and the witches (Charlotte Houberg, Sophie Fetokaki, Ingeborg Brocheler)
Leigh Melrose as Kircher, Marcel Beekman as Papa Innocentius XI, Lindsay Kesselman as the boy
Kircher (Leigh Melrose) and the boy (Lindsay Kesselman)
He and She (secret lovers,Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-9868588925989440192016-06-08T00:33:00.000+01:002016-06-08T00:33:18.931+01:00The Making of Theatre of the World
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-32204117173259233742016-03-20T07:31:00.001+00:002016-03-20T07:36:03.036+00:00La Commedia, Barbican, more photos
Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.
Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.
Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.
Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.
Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.
Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.
Photo © Mark Allan/BBC.
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-17109030089644975932016-02-16T11:51:00.000+00:002016-02-16T11:52:34.028+00:00Immersion ReviewsThe Guardian and The Telegraph about Immersion concerts.
Andrew Sauvageau in La Commedia, Barbican
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-35206444017400140552016-02-15T12:55:00.000+00:002016-02-18T11:25:09.582+00:00Total Immersion on BBC 3It is possible to listen concerts from Andriessen: Total Immersion on BBC 3.
Next Saturday on BBC 3 in Tom Service's "Here and Now" Louis Andriessen's La Commedia.
The UK premiere of Louis Andriessen's most recent music theatre work La Commedia, inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy. Presented by Tom Service in conversation with the composer.
Claron McFadden (soprano),
Cristina Zavalloni (Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-41617245783713747092016-02-15T12:33:00.001+00:002016-02-15T12:40:05.857+00:00Back from Total Immersion
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-13796162832247456762015-08-03T00:59:00.000+01:002015-08-03T01:20:39.348+01:00Workers Union Dance in Nijmegen
Dance performance based on music composed by Louis Andriessen
August
5, 6 and 8, Cultuurspinnerij De Vasim, Nijmegen
8.30
pm
Special
offer: claim 15% off tickets
by ordering through www.muziekzomer.nl (discountcode NJO-Nijmegen)
NJO
Muziekzomer presents ‘Workers Union’, a music and dance performance
created by Regina van Berkel named after ‘Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-1856641175293195982014-10-03T23:47:00.001+01:002014-10-06T21:36:21.753+01:00Ask Andriessen on TwitterBoosey and Hawkes hosts a Twitter Q&A with Louis Andriessen.
Questions were submitted until today, and ‘answer session’ is tomorrow (Saturday) morning here.
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-33238179563875256202014-09-30T02:28:00.001+01:002014-09-30T02:53:48.317+01:00Hoketus in Belgrade
Today Hoketus will be performed in a legendary Studio 6 of Radio Belgrade as part of the concert dedicated to (post)minimalist composers. Pieces of Michael Nyman, Steve Reich and Milos Raickovic will also be at the program. To follow the concert live at Radio Belgrade 3 go here.
The photograph above shows pan flutes made of plastic pipes by composer Jasna Velickovic in 2004 for the performanceJelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-63467581042182481622014-08-25T00:23:00.000+01:002014-08-25T00:25:50.833+01:00Photo Log
Heiner Goebbels and Louis Andriessen, Kraftzentrale, Duisburg
Monica Germino and Louis Andriessen, Kraftzentrale, Duisburg
Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-65242371413043739412014-08-22T14:02:00.000+01:002014-08-22T14:03:50.267+01:00De Materie Review
De Materie, Louis Andriessen, directed by Heiner Goebbels and
Peter Rundel.
August 15, Kraftzentrale, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord. Repeat .:
22, 23, 24/8.
Review by Frits van der Waa (published in Dutch in De Volkskrant, Monday, 18 August)
De Materie, Part II Hadewijch, Photo (c) Wonge Bergmann
What have zeppelins to do with the seventeenth-century naval
industry, or a Jelena Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14574660787894664289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331352925953358509.post-1957940782014154182014-08-18T15:03:00.000+01:002014-08-18T15:03:33.641+01:00De Materie Performance Photos
De Materie, Part I, Photo (c) Wonge Bergmann
De Materie, Part I, Photo (c) Wonge Bergmann
De Materie, Part II Hadewijch, Photo (c) Wonge Bergmann
De Materie, Part III De Stijl, Photo (c) Wonge Bergmann
De Materie, Part III De Stijl, Photo (c) Wonge Bergmann
De Materie, Part IV, Photo (c) Wonge Bergmann
De Materie, Part IV, Photo (c) Wonge Bergmann
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