Louis Andriessen

Hoketus Dancing

2012-01-02T13:37:00.002Z

Robert Adlington sends the link to cheerful video of toddlers performing Hoketus dance.

"La Girò" Dutch Premiere

2011-12-29T13:43:00.002Z

"La Girò"(2010-11), violin concerto for violinist who plays, but also sings and talks, will have its Dutch première on 12th January 2012 in Amsterdam, at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. It will be performed by Monica Germino (violin, voice), Asko|Schönberg ensemble and conductor Reinbert de Leeuw. Here, Monica Germino to whom "La Girò" is dedicated, talks about it, and plays some of its parts.

The Family LP

2011-12-26T13:20:00.003Z

The cover of LP with Andriessen's music for 1974 Lodewijk de Boer's film

The Family Revisited, Review and Concert Video

2011-12-25T00:26:00.002Z

Frits van der Waa sends the translation of his November Music concert review published in De Volkskrant on October 11th. What follows are fragments of Clazz ensemble playing live at the Dutch Classical Music Meeting - Muziekgebouw aan het IJ - Amsterdam - on October 17th 2011. "The Family Revisited"(1973-2011) and "That happens in Vietnam" are included. Review: Den Bosch is now the place to be

Y Después Video

2011-12-13T11:45:00.000Z

The video of "Y Después" (1983) for voice and piano is now online. Music: Louis Andriessen Text: Federico García Lorca Vocal: Astrid Seriese Ensemble: De Volharding Film/Dance: Betsy Torenbos This is the original text in Spanish by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), followed by English translation: Sólo Queda el Desierto (Y Después) Los laberintos que crea el tiempo se desvanecen. (Sólo

War

2011-09-20T10:32:00.008+01:00

Louis Andriessen on the destruction of the Dutch Music Institute and the Music Centre Netherlands, as part of a grand assault on subsidized culture.

"La Girò" Photo Log

2011-09-06T15:51:00.002+01:00

Monica Germino in "La Girò", Milan, Sept 5th 2011, Teatro Dal VermePhoto All rights reserved by MITO SettembreMusicaMonica Germino, Louis Andriessen after "La Girò" World premiere, Milan, Sept 5th 2011, Teatro Dal VermePhoto All rights reserved by MITO SettembreMusica

"La Girò" World Premiere

2011-09-06T13:50:00.001+01:00

MITO Settembre Musica Festival: 5 & 6 September in Milan & Torino - world premiere of La Girò (2011) by Louis Andriessen Louis Andriessen’s La Girò (2011), composed for violin and large ensemble, features Monica Germino as soloist, and has a distinctly Italian theme. The title refers to Anna Girò, a high-profile singer and muse of Antonio Vivaldi. Andriessen: “In La Girò I am musing about a

"Workers Union" and "De Volharding" in Seattle

2011-08-22T19:45:00.000+01:00

The Box Is Empty performs Louis Andriessen's "Workers Union" and "De Volharding" (Perseverance). Thursday 25 August 2011, 8:00 p.m., at the Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Seattle, WA. With Ivan Arteaga, Holly Carlton, and Jay Gillespie, saxophones; Nicole Herrald, Chris McGann, and Erik Reed, trumpets; Steve Herrald, Jen Hinkle, and Masa Ohtake, trombones;

Painting "Louis Andriessen" by Ward Schumaker

2011-08-22T19:42:00.000+01:00

During 2009-10, an artist Ward Schumaker made a series of paintings named after different composers. This is the one named after Andriessen.

Anais Nin DVD Release

2011-06-20T14:37:00.000+01:00

Symposium: Time, Realism and Convention in Recent Opera

2011-06-06T16:46:00.000+01:00

Those of you in UK who read this blog may be interested to attend the symposium at Centre for research in Opera and Music Theatre, University of Sussex, Brighton, this Wednesday. The paper "Writing to Vermeer: Singing Letters and Opera after Drama" will be presented. More info here.

Seattle Concert

2011-03-01T15:42:00.000Z

Wed, Mar 09, 2011, 8:00 pm PONCHO Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle The program features the Seattle premiere of six of Andriessen’s signature works, many showcasing the virtuoso violinist Monica Germino, plus Andriessen’s collaboration with British filmmaker Peter Greenaway "M is for Man, Music, Mozart". Program: Letter from Cathy (2003) for voice and ensemble XENIA (2005) for violin

Inanna Letter

2011-02-07T13:40:00.003Z

When going through some of my old email correspondence, I found the email sent to a friend in London, just after the world premiere of "Inanna" in Amsterdam. It is a nice reminder to this piece: Subject: Short Inanna report Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 01:36:19 +0100 One hour ago I came back from "Inanna" world premiere. (At the moment I am living in Rotterdam at friend's house and I still don't

Photo Archive

2011-01-28T01:30:00.000Z

Just discovered two nice old photos made by Co Broerse: Luciano Berio, Jeanette Yanikian and Louis Andriessen after the première of Berio's Formazioni; Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, January 15th, 1987. Jeanette Yanikian, Farewell concert of Hoketus; Frascati, Amsterdam, September 14th, 1986.

The Book of Music

2011-01-24T00:32:00.001Z

Louis Andriessen keeps records of his work in 'book of music'. For each piece, he notes instrumentation (bezetting), duration (duur), movements (onderdelen), place (plats), date (datum), agent and the publisher. This is a page where 'the birth' of "La Commedia" was noted in October 2007.

Implied Harmonies Photo Log

2011-01-20T12:07:00.002Z

Back to blogging: photos from Hartley's short film "Implied Harmonies" that tells the story of how "La Commedia" was made. More here.

Grawemeyer Award for "La Commedia"

2010-11-29T15:24:00.002Z

Louis Andriessen has won the 2011 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his Dante-inspired multimedia opera "La Commedia", premiered in 2008. Andriessen’s "La Commedia" was selected from a wide international field of entries, and the Grawemeyer’s prize announcement describes how the composer “uses Dante’s epic poem as a springboard for subtle and ironic commentary on modern life, drawing a

Anaïs Nin in Utrecht Tonight

2010-11-12T12:02:00.001Z

Two more performances of "Anais Nin": tonight at Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh Kerk in Utrecht, 20.00h, and tomorrow at Den Bosch Verkadefabriek, 20.30h within November Music festival.

Anaïs Nin Review

2010-11-06T23:47:00.001Z

Frits van der Waa, exclusively for this blog, reports about Amsterdam performance of "Anaïs Nin": The Dutch premiere of Louis Andriessen's Anaïs Nin was presented Thursday night in a crowded Muziekgebouw - which may be the result of the composers' appearance, the day before in the prime time show De wereld draait door. The new monodrama was performed by ensemble Nieuw Amsterdams Peil, who opened

Anais Nin, Dutch Premiere

2010-11-02T14:04:00.001Z

During my recent stay in Amsterdam I made a photo of the poster for Andriessen's "Anais Nin" that will have its Dutch Premiere on November 4th, 8.15 pm. at Muziekgebouw aan het IJ. It will be performed by Cristina Zavalonni and Nieuw Amsterdams Peil ensemble. In the meantime, you can read interview about the piece with the composer.

2010-07-15T19:30:00.001+01:00

Cristina Zavalloni as Anais Nin

Anaïs Nin Libretto

2010-07-15T00:19:00.002+01:00

"A desirable but insustainable emotional state brought on by extreme excitement and some form of mystical expectation". This was how Peter Greenaway defined ecstasy in "Rosa, the Death of a Composer". It appears that the ecstasy was one of the main motors for "Anaïs Nin", both the person and Andriessen's newest piece of music theatre. Andriessen himself created the libretto that brings evidence

Anaïs Nin World Premiere Photo Log

2010-07-13T15:34:00.002+01:00

Sara Ciccarelli sends photos from the world premiere of "Anais Nin" opera. The performance took place on July 10 at Teatro dei Rozzi in Siena as part of Settimana Musicale Senese. Cristina Zavalloni as Anais Nin, Teatro dei Rozzi, Siena, ItalyPhoto by Pietro CinottiCristina Zavalloni as Anais Nin, Nieuw Amsterdams Peil ensemble, Teatro dei Rozzi, Siena, ItalyPhoto by Pietro Cinotti Opera Anais

Anaïs Nin Synopsis

2010-07-09T14:10:00.001+01:00

Festival "Settimana Musicale Senese" begins today in Siena, Italy. Andriessen's new piece of music theatre "Anaïs Nin" (2009/10) will have its world premiere tomorrow at Teatro dei Rozzi. This monodrama opera is based on texts by Anaïs Nin and commissioned by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena and by the London Sinfonietta. Performers are Cristina Zavalloni, soprano, and Nieuw Amsterdams

Implied Harmonies

2010-06-17T14:23:00.001+01:00

Hal Hartley’s conscientious assistant in Berlin receives weekly letters from her boss and sends him the books he needs as he struggles in Amsterdam to create the staging for Dutch composer Louis Andriessen’s opera, “La Commedia”. This is the plot of Hartley's short film "Implied Harmonies" featuring: Louis Andriessen, Christina Zavalloni, Claron McFadden, Jeroen Willems, Reinbert de Leeuw, Asko/

Image de Moreau Dance

2010-06-12T23:28:00.000+01:00

Dance film to Andriessen's "Image de Moreau" performed by Marcela Giesche. Image de M from Marcela Giesche on Vimeo.

Birthday Blog

2010-06-06T23:22:00.000+01:00

Louis Andriessen's birthday. I have found "A sort of birthday card for Dutch composer Louis Andriessen" by Hal Hartley (2004/2010).

Noise Quotes

2010-05-31T11:13:00.001+01:00

Mirjam Zegers sends some funny quotes from Alex Ross' "The Rest is Noise": The Mozart scrimmage "Dave Lupack, our classical/sports liaison, notes that New York Jets head coach Eric Mangini has been blasting Mozart during practices at Jets training camp (read to the end of this item). It seems that Mangini read those Mozart-makes-you-smarter articles and decided that it would work on his offense.

De Staat, Stravinsky, Adams / ACJW - Review

2010-05-12T22:12:00.002+01:00

New York Times review of the last concert of Andriessen's Carnegie Hall residencyPhoto: Brian Harkin, New York Times

De Staat Rehearsal

2010-05-12T01:31:00.000+01:00

John Adams Rehearses Andriessen's De Staat with Ensemble ACJW.

De Staat at Carnegie Hall

2010-05-10T10:57:00.000+01:00

Enseble ACJW with John Adams as conductor perform "de Staat" this evening at Carnegie Hall. Program notes by Robert Adlington. To see archive video of "De Staat" from 1978 Holland festival in Carre Theatre go to July 9, 2009 post on this blog. Adlington's book, Louis Andriessen: De Staat, Ashgate, 2004.

Hoketus Archives

2010-05-09T02:30:00.001+01:00

Short video excerpt from 1981 showing ensemble Hoketus playing "Hoketus". Performers: Group 1: Jan Willem v.d. Ham, Sax/ Patricio Wang, Panflute/ Paul Koek, Congas/ Gerard Bouwhuis, Piano/ Gene Carl, Fender Piano/ Huib Emmer, Bass Guitar/ Group 2 (right): Mariette Rouppe v.d. Voort, sax/ Renato Freyggang, Panflute/ Luuk Nachtegaal, Congas/ Cees van Zeeland, Piano/ Louis Andriessen, Fender Piano/

Image de Moreau Box Notes

2010-05-02T23:00:00.002+01:00

Recently I got "Image de Moreau" box with nine piano pieces, chosen by the composer, published by MCN. It includes Andriessen's comment about the pieces: "Strangely enough many of the pieces have some sort of handicap. There are no fewer than three pieces for one hand, left or right. There is one piece which has only chords, as in a Bach chorale. There is even a piece in which not a single note

More Reviews

2010-04-27T00:31:00.001+01:00

New Yorker The Wall Street Journal Blog ILLUSTRATION: JOE CIARDIELLO, New Yorker

Ash, Reviews

2010-04-21T00:11:00.003+01:00

After Saturday Making Music concert in Zankel hall has been cancelled I found those two documentary photos online: New York Times review, April 20 New York Times review, April 19

Dances

2010-04-17T21:14:00.002+01:00

"Life" will have its American premiere this evening in Carnegie Hall. Martijn Padding's "Mordants" and Andriessen's "Dances" will also be performed. The last concert of "Three Naughty Boys and Three Crazy Girls" series brings improvized music performed by Ernst Reijseger, cello, Cristina Zavalloni, voice and Andrea Rebaudengo, piano. More about Andriessen Carnegie Hall events here. This is

"La Commedia" Reviews

2010-04-17T15:10:00.003+01:00

Los Angeles Times New York Times Cristina Zavalloni as Dante, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. Photo by Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times Jeroen Willems as Lucifer, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. Photo by Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times Cristina Zavalloni as Dante, Carnegie Hall, New York. Photo by Richard Termine/New York Times

Interview with Andriessen on "La Commedia", Part 2

2010-04-15T23:45:00.002+01:00

Andriessen talks about using musical language of romanticism. Conversation took place on March 10, 2009 in Andriessen's studio in Amsterdam.

The Garden of Opera Delights: American Premiere of "La Commedia"

2010-04-13T14:52:00.005+01:00

Tonight at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles "La Commedia" (concert performance) will have its American premiere. For more details click here. "La Commedia" has five parts: I The City of Dis or The Ship of Fools II Story From Hell (Racconto dall'Inferno) III Lucifer IV The Garden of Earthly Delights V Luce Etterna (Eternal Light) Parts I and IV are named after Hyeronymus Bosch's paintings.

All Stars Volkskrant Review

2010-04-06T14:10:00.007+01:00

Frits van der Waa sends the text of his Volkskrant review of Bang on a Can recent Amsterdam concert, translated in English: Andriessen master among minimalists Works by Lang, Gordon, Andriessen, Moore, Wolfe and Nyman, the Bang on a Can All-Stars. March 25, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam. For more than twenty years there has been a lively exchange of musical ideas between New York and Amsterdam. The

"La Commedia" - Synopsis of Part I

2010-04-06T00:28:00.001+01:00

Part I: The City of Dis or “The Ship of Fools” - Synopsis by Louis Andriessen It opens with a psalm text in Latin introducing Das Narrenschiff, followed by the sixteenth century recruitment text for the guild of the Blue Barge. Anyone indulging in throwing dice, dancing and capering with pretty women is welcome. “With such folk the Barge is loaded.” Then Beatrice appears. She tells (in Italian)

"La Commedia": Impossible Synchronization

2010-04-06T00:18:00.001+01:00

Hartley and Andriessen offered two different synopses for "La Commedia". This fact contributes to the view of the opera as an impossible synchronization. Hartley wrote the synopisis of film, and Andriessen synopsis of musical dramaturgy. There is an ambivalence between characters of Dante's "Comedy" and their contemporary embodiments. For Andriessen, Lucifer is «the fallen angel, in part III and

Marijke van Warmerdam "Life" Interview

2010-03-25T00:41:00.004Z

In e-interview Marijke van Warmerdam, visual artist, talks about "Life", the newest collaboration with Louis Andriessen for which she made four short films. "Life" had its world premiere in Milan by Bang on a Can All-Stars three days ago, and will have its Dutch premiere tonight at Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam. Marijke also sends several film stills. Jelena Novak: "Life" just had its world premiere

Carnegie Hall Residency Program

2010-03-23T22:01:00.002Z

Nine Programs include the New York premiere of Andriessen’s film opera "La Commedia" performed in concert version in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. Featured performers include John Adams, American Composers Orchestra, Asko Schoenberg and Reinbert de Leeuw, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Iva Bittová, Greetje Bijma, Maurice Chestnut, Ensemble ACJW, Evan Parker, Ernst Reijseger, Dawn Upshaw, and

Whistling "La Commedia" in Florence

2010-03-17T13:24:00.003Z

Just back from Florence where joined the workshop "Opera in Medial Transformation". Funny enough, the garden of the house where I stayed was the place where Dante was often coming to write and to admire the view over the city. While wondering through Florence streets, melodies from "La Commeda" were coming to me themselves!

Andriessen in Conversation about New Work “Life”

2010-03-08T22:36:00.003Z

"Life" by Louis Andriessen with video by Marijke van Warmerdam is going to receive its world premiere by Bang on a Can All-Stars ensemble for which it was written on March 22 in Milan. Andriessen explained in program note “(...) We decided to make a kind of contemporary “Pictures at an Exhibition”: short pieces of music to accompany video clips. This resulted in Life -- four short compositions

Carnegie Hall Soundbytes and Insights

2010-03-08T00:26:00.001Z

Andriessen in conversation with Jeremy Geffen, Carnegie Hall’s Director of Artistic Planning discusses "Three Naughty Boys and Three Crazy Girls" series of late-night improvisatory concerts, improvisation and changes in his musical language. Sound Insights pages introduce Geffen's primer on composer Louis Andriessen, discussion on "De Staat", composer David Lang's comments on "La Commedia" and

Andriessen Introduces Carnegie Hall Events

2010-03-06T12:12:00.003Z

Louis Andriessen introduces the inspiration for his 2009–2010 Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair events, which include a special Making Music concert, the New York premiere of his opera La Commedia, and a series of late-night concerts he curated—Three Naughty Boys and Three Crazy Girls. Click here for video.

Frontiers + Festival dedicated to Andriessen

2010-03-05T16:02:00.000Z

This year Frontiers+ Festival, Birmingham Conservatoire, March 15-19, is dedicated to the music of Louis Andriessen. Concerts present a range of Andriessen's works: ...miserere..., The New Math(s), Letter from Cathy, Le Voile du Bonheur, Shopping List of a Poisoner, Xenia, Hout, Bells for Haarlem, Workers Union, Woodpecker, M is for Man, Music, Mozart, La Passione. Performances come from an array

Image de Moreau Box of Piano Scores

2010-02-17T20:03:00.003Z

At the end of 2009 the publishing department of Muziek Centrum Nederland (MCN) produced a box with nine piano works (scores) by Louis Andriessen selected by himself. These pieces give a representative overview of more than forty years of composing. The front of the box contains Gustave Moreau painting 'Dalila'. Pieces are: Image de Moreau, Base, Etude Pour Les Timbres, Trois Pieces, Caecilia's

Interview with Andriessen on "La Commedia", Part I

2010-01-30T18:28:00.001Z

An interview with Louis Andriessen on film opera "La Commedia" (2008, in collaboration with filmmaker Hal Hartley). Conversation took place on March 10, 2009 in Andriessen's studio in Amsterdam. I asked him about place of opera in the age of media, using musical language of romanticism, corruption of the music world, love, philosophy, Dante, "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch,

La Commedia Trailer

2010-01-18T23:25:00.004Z

was recently published on Youtube by De Nederlandse Opera (also see: The Plot, Team and Cast, Photographs etc.)

2009 in Review

2009-12-31T17:16:00.015Z

(Photo of Amsterdam I made in March 2009) This is a bit of Andriessen Year-in-Review: Recordings: "Garden of Eros" by Attacca Records "La Passione" by BMOP/sound Scores Image de Moreau Box by MCN Premieres: The Hague Hacking Christiaans Andriessens uitzicht op de Amstel Festivals/Concerts: Andriessen@70, Music on Main, March, Vancouver Louis Andriessen - Jongensjaren, May, The

Composer of the Year 2010

2009-12-28T22:27:00.006Z

Louis Andriessen has been named Musical America Composer of the Year 2010 in November. On December 14 he was in New York City for the official Musical America awards ceremony at Lincoln Center:Other 2010 honorees are: Joshua Bell - Instrumentalist of the Year, Elina Garanca - Vocalist of the Year, Warren Jones - “Collaborative Pianist” of the Year, conductor Riccardo Muti - Musician of the

2009-12-20T17:08:00.003Z

From one of Jongensjaren concerts in The Hague, May 2009.

Andriessen on Andriessen Documentary

2009-12-16T19:18:00.004Z

Boosey and Hawkes anounces new documentary on Andriessen directed by Tommy Pearson of Red Ted Films.The video combines an interview filmed at Andriessen's apartment in Amsterdam with extracts from key works including De Staat, M is for Man, Music, Mozart, and Writing to Vermeer.See here.

Blokken Graphic

2009-11-30T21:57:00.003Z

To continue in graphic manner - one of the pieces contained in "Souvenirs d'enfance" (1966) is Blokken whose peculiar score suggests edgy sound.

Rosa, the Death of a Composer Drawings

2009-11-24T22:41:00.009Z

In 2000 the group of Belgrade based artists and theorists founded Walking Theory. Our first theory performance looked like series of theatricaly performed fragments of lectures. Mine was partly based on concept of the death of the author, and theorization of Andriessen's and Peter Greenaway's horse drama "Rosa". Alleged conspiracy against composers inspired visual artist Sinisa Ilic to make few

Belgrade Archive 2004

2009-11-19T17:15:00.005Z

These days I am back to my Belgrade archives. In 2004 Louis Andriessen was in Belgrade together with Gilius van Bergeijk, Bernhard Lang and Jasna Velickovic, where their lectures and pieces were part of Composers in First Person festival. You can see photos from this event here.I made few more pictures:Louis Andriessen and pianist Nada Kolundzija talking about performance details of Image de

Workers Union in Boston

2009-11-11T15:46:00.003Z

New Music Festival at Boston Conservatory includes performance of Workers Union (November 15th)."Only in the case that every player plays with such an intention that his part is an essential one, the work will succeed, just as as in the political work".Here you can see Bang on a Can All Stars performing this piece.

Rosa Lecture

2009-10-20T16:39:00.004+01:00

In 2001 Peter Greenaway gave a lecture on opera, film and death at European Graduate School. He talks about video, films, movies, cinema and opera; continuity, dramaturgy, the differences between musical, opera, theatre, and producing, filming, directing; the death of composers Anton Webern, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and John Lennon. The case study of his lecture is exclusively Rosa, The Death of

Singing Anatomy

2009-10-17T23:48:00.001+01:00

The first anatomical theatre was built at the University of Padua in 1594. I was intrigued by the fact that even music was played live during some of the public dissections performed in such venues. The first opera was believed to be Dafne by Jacopo Peri, created in Florence around 1597 or 1598. Its creation could be interpreted as a kind of public dissection of what was thought to be a Greek

Souvenirs d'enfance Cartoon

2009-10-15T10:50:00.002+01:00

Memory of The Memory of Roses

2009-10-07T00:34:00.029+01:00

Frits van der Waa sends these beautiful photos he made during the recording session for "The Memory of Roses"on July 1993 in the Walloon Church, Amsterdam. The Memory of Roses score was illustrated by some of them.Louis AndriessenAnnette den Heijer and Louis AndriessenRon Ford and Reinbert de LeeuwLouis Andriessen, Gerard Bouwhuis, Stanley Hoogland, Ronald Brautigam, Annette den HeijerAndriessen

Racconto dall' Inferno in Venice

2009-09-29T13:26:00.005+01:00

Cristina Zavalloni and Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro La Fenice with conductor Tito Ceccherini will perform Andriessen's "Racconto dall' Inferno" at Teatro alle Tese in Venice tonight. More info here.This is short excerpt of Zavalloni performing "Racconto" last year in Budapest.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Composer

2009-09-21T11:40:00.002+01:00

This picture (Louis Andriessen and flute player Govert Jurriaanse in the early 60s) appeared in the programme book for the Dag in de Branding festival "Jongensjaren" on May 23d 2009 which was devoted to Andriessen's early works.

La Commedia, Genesis of Film and Video

2009-09-09T21:55:00.010+01:00

Picturesque photo from the film set of La Commedia (March 26-April 1, 2008, Amsterdam). More pictures here.There are also detailed notes on editing process by Kyle Gilman.

De Materie Video Excerpts, from 1989

2009-09-08T11:26:00.005+01:00

Two excerpts from De Materie, part I and part III (De Stijl) emerged recently. Wilson's dreamlike imagery worked very well with harsh repetitiveness of musical structures.Recordings are from the world premiere of the piece in 1989.Beppie Blankert, dancer/speakerJames Doing, tenorMaterie Orkest, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Reinbert de Leeuw, conductorRobert Wilson, staging directorThe Netherlands

Andriessen Photo Log

2009-09-03T11:41:00.007+01:00

Muziekgebouw aan ´t IJ, Amsterdam, September 8th, 2008; Reinbert de Leeuw 70 years;Photo by Co BroerseDonemus HQ, Amsterdam, September 22th, 1994Photo by Co Broerse

Second International Conference on Music and Minimalism

2009-09-02T15:41:00.003+01:00

Starts today at University of Missouri-Kansas City with paper on Andriessen's music:"The music you write is about the composers you like’: Intertextuality in the work of Louis Andriessen” by Maarten Beirens (KU Leuven, Belgium).Complete program of the conference is available at the conference web site.

De Staat on BBC Radio3

2009-08-29T23:45:00.003+01:00

For all of you who were not in London for Prom 58 - broadcast including Steve Martland "Beat the Retreat", Louis Andriessen "De Staat" and Cornelis de Bondt "Doors Closed" (London premiere) is available here for six more days.And there is already detailed review of Prom 58 here.

The Hague, Hacking Views

2009-08-29T01:15:00.002+01:00

This photo of Den Haag made in 2003 by superimposing rhythms of different grids makes vivid remembrance to this nice city hacking views.Photo by Mirko Lazovic

The Hague Hacking Reviews

2009-08-24T23:31:00.010+01:00

Labeque sisters, Photo by David RoseDescriptive reviews from Guardian, The Independent, Evening Standard and Telegraph. As most often is seen, reviewers are more occupied by describing formal issues, than by denoting what new work problematizes in broader context of music and culture.Hot discussion about "The Hague Hacking" developed on rec.music.classical.recordings Google Group. Although

Proms 2009 Composer Portraits on BBC3

2009-08-23T23:26:00.007+01:00

Andrew McGregor talks to Louis Andriessen and introduces performances of his pieces (programme below) at Royal College of Music, London, August 17th (broadcasting available on BBC3 web site until tomorrow).A Very Sharp Trumpet Sonata Chris Evans, trumpetA Very Sad Trumpet Sonata (UK premiere)Chris Evans, trumpetImage de Moreau Richard Uttley, pianoXENIA Alexandra Rahlina, violinBells for Haarlem

The Hague Hacking on BBC Radio 3

2009-08-22T23:28:00.005+01:00

The Hague Hacking Proms 2009 performance is currently accessible via BBC here and you can see Robert Adlington's programme note here (p. 8).

From Liszt viaTom&Jerry to The Hague and the Other Way Round

2009-08-11T17:10:00.009+01:00

Replying to complaints about "Rosa, the Death of a Composer" political incorrectness Andriessen said: 'The violence in Rosa is theater; it has more to do with cartoons than with the world around us. I have never heard anyone complaining that Tom & Jerry are politically incorrect, but they are, constantly.'(From The Art of Stealing Time edited by Mirjam Zegers). Tom and Jerry are mentioned again

De Staat CD by Nederlands Wind Ensemble and Lucas Vis

2009-08-08T18:10:00.005+01:00

"De Staat" performance of Nederlands Blazers Ensemble (Nederlands Wind Ensemble) conducted by Lucas Vis is on CD published in 2008 by the ensemble's own label NBElive. CD review by Liam Cagney is available here. The same crew will perform "De Staat" on August 28 in Royal Albert Hall, London.

Proms: The Hague Hacking UK premiere and De Staat

2009-08-08T00:10:00.008+01:00

On August 17th and August 28th The Proms feature two Andriessen's compositions in Royal Albert Hall, London.Prom 43 programme"Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his first Proms appearance as the Philharmonia’s new Principal Conductor.The Labèque sisters return for their third and final appearance this season, (see Proms 1 & 32), to celebrate the 70th birthday of the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen with the

Greeting by Stravinsky

2009-08-05T12:29:00.003+01:00

The 'Greeting Prelude' (1955) by Igor Stravinsky performed in Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, by the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw on June 6, 2009, on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Louis Andriessen.

Andriessen Interview on BBC Radio 3

2009-08-04T12:01:00.004+01:00

Transcript and recording of the extensive interview by John Tusa that is not dated, but must have been held in 2002 or so.

"..and he doesn't even slow down!" Andriessen cartoon

2009-07-28T21:54:00.004+01:00

Caption: "..and he doesn't even slow down!"Frits van der Waa made this cartoon in 1993, explaining:"I would say the figure on the left doesn't need any explanation. The tiny figure on the right is Louis Andriessen, at the moment the most succesful Dutch composer, who composed several impressive works with even more impressive titles, like Time, Matter, Contra Tempus, Velocity and so on, all of

Letter from Cathy

2009-07-25T22:12:00.008+01:00

The text of letter that Cathy Berberian wrote to Louis Andriessen on April 20, 1964 used in "Letter from Cathy" (2003) written for Cristina Zavalloni, now available on CD.April twenty-seventh, nineteen sixty-fourDear Louis,Do not worry about me. Sometimes bad situations can change one's life into a better one. Thank God I have passed the worst part. Being back in Europe, and Milan, has made

New Releases: Garden of Eros

2009-07-20T23:40:00.004+01:00

Garden of Eros. Complete works for String Quartet by Louis Andriessen Quartet in two movements, 1957 Facing Death, 1990 Garden of Eros, 2002 ...miserere... , 2006 Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude in b minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier BWV 869 arranged for string quartet with the first six bars augumented with a viola part by Igor Stravinsky, now

New Releases: La Passione

2009-07-17T00:04:00.007+01:00

The new BMOP/sound release (date of June 2009) includes Andriessen's "Bells for Haarlem" (2002), "Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno" (1998), "Letter from Cathy" (2003) and "La Passione" (2002). Performers are extraordinary Cristina Zavalloni (mezzo-soprano) and Monica Germino (violin) with Boston Modern Orchestra Project conducted by Gil Rose.More info here.

De Staat - Rock band, HF 1978 video and "Christiaans Andriessens uitzicht op de Amstel"

2009-07-09T15:10:00.017+01:00

In Dutch city of Nijmegen, rock band named after Andriessen's "De Staat" emerged. Watch Kunst and Cultuur De Muzen TV program made by Bas Andriessen who follows the frontman of the band Torre Florim on his visit to Louis Andriessen in his Kaizersgracht studio. For you who don't understand Dutch, program also includes intriguing archive video of "De Staat" from 1978 Holland festival in Carre

Andriessen Football Cartoon

2009-07-02T10:21:00.004+01:00

Frits van der Waa sends this story and illustration:When Louis was ten years old and the Andriessen family moved to The Hague, Peter Vos [now a well-known illustrator] was his bosom friend. He often came to stay and they would play Pirates, and Indians, and football. Louis had an album in which he collected pictures of football players. He had a complete set, but one got lost. Peter drew a

Hal Hartley La Commedia Interview

2009-06-29T20:14:00.005+01:00

Filmmaker Hal Hartley was interviewed by Oliver Kerkdijk for Odeon Magazine (DNO's house magazine) in March 2008 about film opera "La Commedia" premiered last June in Amsterdam. Article contains nice pictures of the performance.

La Commedia photo log

2009-06-24T15:06:00.009+01:00

I made these photos in Amsterdam while walking along river Amstel in June 2008: vivid atmosphere around Carre theatre where the world premiere of film opera "La Commedia" by Louis Andriessen and Hal Hartley took place.

The Hague Hacking (Haags Hakkûh)

2009-06-23T00:40:00.005+01:00

"Don't get too Comfortable" Interview with Andriessen and "Radio Andriessen"

2009-06-17T21:02:00.013+01:00

Excellent interview with Andriessen made by David Pay, Artistic Director of Music on Main in Vancouver festival, Andriessen @ 70.Listen to "Radio Andriessen" at the festival website.

Battle drawings

2009-06-12T23:04:00.010+01:00

Joost Swarte made these fun drawings for the cover of the 1993 book De Slag van Andriessen edited by Frits van der Waa.

De Volkskrant Review of Andriessen's Birthday Concerts in Amsterdam

2009-06-10T00:15:00.001+01:00

Frits van der Waa wrote a review and provided an English translation:Ecstatic chords and bitter dissonancesPrecisely at the point where the music reaches its buoyant climax, an enigmatic figure emerges from the wings and pounds an enormous tam-tam. Then he comes forward and reads the last paragraphs of Kees de jongen [Young Kees] by Theo Thijssen: "It was a happy, ringing music, a jubilant march,

Interview with Louis Andriessen, de Volkskrant, June 6th, 2009.

2009-06-08T22:22:00.000+01:00

Andriessen's Birthday Concerts

2009-06-06T14:39:00.000+01:00

For all of you who are not today in Amsterdam for Louis Andriessen 70th birthday festivities including three concerts presented by Holland festival and Zaterdag Matinee (12.00 Concertgebouw, 14.15 Concertgebouw, 20.30Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ) it is possible to listen the concerts online at Dutch Radio 4.Concert programs:12.00 Concertgebouw1. Greeting Prelude/Igor Stravinsky2. Ricercare/Hendrik