La Commedia, Genesis of Film and Video

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

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/speaker
James Doing, tenor
Materie Orkest, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor
Robert Wilson, staging director
The Netherlands Opera

Andriessen Photo Log

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



Donemus HQ, Amsterdam, September 22th, 1994
Photo by Co Broerse

Second International Conference on Music and Minimalism

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

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

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

Labeque sisters, Photo by David Rose

Descriptive 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 occasionally banal, it offers more contextualization than official reviews.