| Dear Visitor,
We have an exciting season planned for you and our first concerts are coming soon!
Amsterdam, Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 1 PM
English Reformed Church
Begijnhof 48,
1012 WV Amsterdam
Utrecht, Sunday, September 8 at 8PM
Kathedrale Koorschool
Plompetorengracht 5,
3512 CA Utrecht
Rietveld Ensemble and Friends
Nicholas Harris, piano, Elisabeth Perry, violin, Richard Wolfe, viola, Matthias Naegele, cello, Nancy Braithwaite, clarinet, Marleen de Bakker, harp
Leo Smit (1900-1943)Trio for viola, clarinet, piano (1938)
Alexander Arutiunian (1920-2012) Suite for violin, clarinet , piano (1992)
Debussy Dance sacrée et Danse profane for harp and strings (only in Utrecht )
Johannes Brahms Piano Quintet
The Dutch composer Leo Smit (1900) died young in the extermination camp, Sobibor, during the Second World War. He lived in Paris for a number of years and was influenced by Ravel and Stravinsky and by his friendship with members of Les Six, including Poulenc, Milhaud en Honegger.
The Suite for violin, clarinet and piano (1992) by the Armenian composer Arutiunian was one of over 200 works commissioned by the American Verdehr Trio. One notes the vivid Armenian character of the music which is always present in Arutiunian's style. The third movement opens with an intermezzo named Dialog for violin and clarinet which ends with a transition into the Finale. This movement contains the elements of Armenian dance rhythms with their capricious pulse and unexpected irregularities in a freely improvised melodic style.
We have two wonderful young guest soloists in this program. The American pianist Nicholas Harris studied at the Menuhin School (UK) and the Royal Academy of Music in London and is presently living in Leiden. Recently he performed the much loved Brahms Piano Quintet with Lis Perry and Richard Wolfe in Santa Cruz, California and we now bring this masterpiece to our Dutch audiences.
In Utrecht the harpist Marleen de Bakker will perform one of the most beautiful pieces in the repertoire, the Dances by Debussy. She is preparing this work for her audition in October for the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Fingers crossed!
On our website you can now listen to our recording of Thomas Oboe Lee’s ‘Yo Picasso’ for clarinet, viola, cello and piano. Our clarinetist, Nancy Braithwaite, has had a long association with Thomas Oboe Lee and this is one of the many works that he has written for her and her ensembles. The movements are musical depictions of paintings by Picasso.
Here is the link: http://www.rietveld-ensemble.com/index.php/listen-see?auid=1139
Later this season we will also perform the World Premiere of his nonet, which Tom Lee is composing for us now!
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We look forward to greeting you soon at one of our concerts!
Warm wishes,
The Rietveld Ensemble
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