2022/2023 season
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Sunday, 21 May 2023, 20:00 Elandstraatkerk The Hague
The People United
Canto di Forza
- Bert den Hertog organ
- Pēteris Vasks Viatore
- Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel
- Imants Zemzaris Pastorales pour une flûte d’été
- Arvo Pärt Annum per annum
- Pēteris Vasks Canto di Forza
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Saturday, 20 May 2023, 20:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
The People United
Songs of the Heart: A Celebration of Uyghur Music and Spirit
- Ensemble Mäshräp
- Traditional Uyghur music
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Saturday, 20 May 2023, 15:00–14:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
The People United
Reflections
- Antonii Baryshevskyi piano
- Borys Lyatoshinsky Reflections, opus 16 Preludes
- Valentin Silvestrov Second Piano Sonata (1975) Kitsch-Musik
- and works by Svyatoslav Lunyov
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Friday, 19 May 2023, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
The People United
Music for Change
- New European Ensemble
- Hanna Shybayeva piano
- Konstantyn Napolov percussion
- Maya Fridman cello
- Maxim Kolomiiets Reflections of Emptiness for percussion and piano world premiere
- Victoria Poleva Shades for percussion, viola and piano world premiere
- and works by Evgeny Kissin, Oxana Omelchuk and Kanstantsin Yaskou
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Thursday, 18 May 2023, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
The People United
Different Trains
- Animato Kwartet
- Steve Reich Different Trains
- Henriëtte Bosmans String quartet
- Anton Webern Fünf Sätze für Streichquartett, opus 5
- Joël Waterman Moonset
- and works by Joseph Haydn
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Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
The People United
The People United Will Never Be Defeated
- Hanna Shybayeva piano
- Frederic Rzewski The People United Will Never Be Defeated 36 Variations on a Chilean song
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Festival
Francis Poulenc: A Portrait
French composer Francis Poulenc began his career as an enfant terrible, challenging the established order. He remained something of an outsider. His contemporaries did not take him seriously. He was said to have produced a carefree, rather superficial oeuvre. Wrongly so. Poulenc’s music is sincere and never pretentious. But because of this prejudice, his work is still rarely played. In the current season at the Concertgebouw, for example, there is only one hour of Poulenc, spread over several concerts. For Classical NOW! this is reason enough for a five-concert tribute.
Festival pass 5 concerts € 110
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Saturday, 15 April 2023, 21:00 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Francis Poulenc: A Portrait
La voix humaine FaceTime
- Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano
- Yoram Ish-Hurwitz piano (on tape)
- Chris Koolmees direction
- Francis Poulenc La voix humaine
A production of LEKS compagnie.
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Saturday, 15 April 2023, 13:00–13:45 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Francis Poulenc: A Portrait
The Adventures of the Little Elephant Babar
- Huib Ramaer narrator
- Tobias Borsboom piano
- Francis Poulenc L’Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant Promenades
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Friday, 14 April 2023, 19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Francis Poulenc: A Portrait
Soirée Poulenc
Coraline Groen violin Jelmer de Moed clarinet Bram van Sambeek bassoon Kalle de Bie cello Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano Rik Kuppen piano
- Francis Poulenc Vioolsonate, FP 119 Cellosonate, FP 143 Klarinetsonate (FP 184) Duo voor klarinet en fagot, FP 32
- and works by Erik Satie, Isang Yun and Maurice Ravel
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Thursday, 13 April 2023, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Francis Poulenc: A Portrait
Les chemins de l’amour
- Charlotte Riedijk soprano
- Ellen Corver piano
- Francis Poulenc Fiançailles pour rire Airs chantés Cinq poèmes de Max Jacob Les chemins de l’amour
- and works by Erik Satie and Maurice Ravel
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Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Francis Poulenc: A Portrait
Poulenc washes his ears with Mozart
Hexagon Ensemble Arno van Houtert clarinet Bram Kreeftmeijer oboe Christiaan Boers horn Marieke Stordiau bassoon Wout van den Berg flute Frank Peters piano
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quintet for Wind Instruments and Piano
- Francis Poulenc Sonata for flute and piano Élégie Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano Sextet for piano and five wind instruments
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Festival
Gaia, Our Sacred Planet
In seven concerts, we pay homage to our planet. We present works by composers who feel connected to the planet and nature. Who challenge us to listen more carefully to the world around us. Who share their wonder at the richness of nature and inspire us. With Classical NOW!, violinist Daniel Rowland hosts a long weekend with musicians from his Stift Festival. “Well worth a detour,” wrote the NRC in a four-star review. Now it is possible to listen to the festival musicians over a long weekend in The Hague. A rich programme of compositions in varying line-ups, from flute solo to Maxim Shalygin’s ode to the ocean and whales for seven string players and piano. With violinist Daniel Rowland, viola player Dana Zemtsov, mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Levental, master pianist Antonii Baryshevskyi and many others. On 30 and 31 March, pianist Tobias Borsboom and percussionist Konstantyn Napolov give solo recitals.
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Sunday, 12 March 2023, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Gaia, Our Sacred Planet
Night Song
- Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano
- Frank Peters piano
- Nikolai Medtner Nature-themed songs
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Sunday, 12 March 2023, 15:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Gaia, Our Sacred Planet
A Magical World
- Daniel Rowland violin
- Maja Bogdanović cello
- Janne Thomsen flute
- Natacha Kudritskaya piano
- Couperin and Rameau Pièces de clavecin
- George Enescu Impressions d’Enfance
- Claude Debussy Syrinx
- Claude Debussy (Sally Beamish) La mer (version for piano trio)
- Philippe Gaubert Aquarelles for flute, cello and piano
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Saturday, 11 March 2023, 20:00–23:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Gaia, Our Sacred Planet
Metamorphoses & The Ocean
Daniel Rowland violin Tim Brackman violin Dana Zemtsov viola Benjamin Roskams viola Maja Bogdanović cello Pieter de Koe cello Nicholas Schwartz double bass Janne Thomsen flute Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano Antonii Baryshevskyi piano
- Ernest Chausson Chanson perpétuelle
- Richard Strauss Metamorphoses, version for string septet
- Giya Kancheli Time … and again for violin and piano
- Maurice Ravel Selection from Miroirs for piano solo
- and works by George Crumb and Maxim Shalygin
Composed for the Stift International Music Festival.
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Saturday, 11 March 2023, 14:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Gaia, Our Sacred Planet
Pastorale
Daniel Rowland violin Tim Brackman violin Floor Le Coultre violin Dana Zemtsov viola Benjamin Roskams viola Maja Bogdanović cello Pieter de Koe cello Nicholas Schwartz double bass Janne Thomsen flute Natacha Kudritskaya piano
- Pēteris Vasks Landscape with Birds Sonata Estiva Autumn Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony no. 6 in F major, opus 68 Arrangement for string sextet with double bass
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Friday, 10 March 2023, 19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Gaia, Our Sacred Planet
Night & the End of Time
Daniel Rowland violin Tim Brackman violin Benjamin Roskams viola Floor Le Coultre viola Maja Bogdanović cello Pieter de Koe cello Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano Jelmer de Moed clarinet Janne Thomsen flute Natacha Kudritskaya piano
- Antonio Vivaldi Flute concerto in g minor, RV 439
- Ottorino Respighi Il tramonto for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
- Arnold Schönberg Transfigured Night for String Sextet
- Osvaldo Golijov ZZ’s Dream
- Olivier Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps
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Friday, 10 March 2023, 19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Around Messiaen
De Nacht
Daniel Rowland violin Tim Brackman violin Joël Waterman viola Floor Le Coultre viola Maja Bogdanović cello Pieter de Koe cello Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano Jelmer de Moed clarinet Janne Thomsen flute Natacha Kudritskaya piano
- Antonio Vivaldi Fluitconcert in g-klein, RV 439
- Ottorino Respighi Il Tramonto voor mezzosopraan en strijkkwartet
- George Crumb Four nocturnes voor viool en piano
- Osvaldo Golijov Lullaby and Doina voor fluit, klarinet en strijkkwartet
- Arnold Schönberg Verklärte Nacht voor strijksextet
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Festival
Around Maxim Shalygin
The Ukrainian composer Maxim Shalygin from The Hague is known as a magician of sound. Concerts and CDs featuring his work have been named cultural highlights of the year by the press on several occasions. Classical NOW! is organising the first festival devoted entirely to his work in his home town. The festival musicians will perform solo pieces, duos and songs. Together with Filmhuis Den Haag, we will screen the premiere of the first documentary about his life and work. In his compositions, Shalygin dares to explore within himself the undercurrent beyond reason. In it, he says, he finds truth and beauty, which can produce refined and serene sounds, but also unruly and mysterious music.
Festival pass 2 concerts € 55
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Sunday, 26 February 2023, 19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Around Maxim Shalygin
Preludes, Letters & Canti: Three solos
- Maya Fridman cello
- Emmy Storms violin
- Antonii Baryshevskyi piano
- Maxim Shalygin Canti d’inizio e fine for cello solo (2018) Letters to Anna, symphony for violin solo (2009/10) Preludes for piano solo (2004) Concert with two intervals
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Saturday, 25 February 2023, 19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Around Maxim Shalygin
Songs and Duos
Ekaterina Levental mezzo-soprano Daniel Rowland violin Emmy Storms violin Lidy Blijdorp cello Antonii Baryshevskyi piano
- Maxim Shalygin Six Bagatelles for two violins (2015) Kaya for violin and piano (2019) Duet for violin and piano (2008) Dolcissima for cello and piano (2015)
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Saturday, 18 February 2023, 16:00–19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Around Maxim Shalygin
Maxim Shalygin
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Saturday, 11 February 2023, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Three solos in The Hague’s Paleiskerk
Bach versus Paganini
- Dana Zemtsov viola
- Johann Sebastian Bach Chromatic Fantasy, BWV 903 Arrangement for viola by Zoltán Kodály and Mikhail Kugel
- Igor Stravinsky Élégie
- Krzysztof Penderecki Cadenza
- and works by Mikhail Kugel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Henri Vieuxtemps and Niccolò Paganini
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Saturday, 14 January 2023, 20:15 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Three solos in The Hague’s Paleiskerk
On a Journey with Lidy Blijdorp
- Lidy Blijdorp cello
- Johann Sebastian Bach Suite for cello solo no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
- Kate Moore Lidy’s Piece
- Zoltán Kodály Sonata for cello solo in b minor, opus 8
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Sunday, 18 December 2022, 19:30 Paleiskerk, The Hague
Three solos in The Hague’s Paleiskerk
Bach’s Complete Sonatas and Partitas
- Liza Ferschtman violin
- Johann Sebastian Bach Sei soli a violino senza basso accompagnato: Six sonatas and partitas for violin solo Sonata no. 1 in g minor, BWV 1001 Partita no. 1 in b minor, BWV 1002
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