jre58591 wrote:It's a shame that scores by Louis Andriessen cannot be posted. He is the most talented out of his whole family, in my opinion!
He is alive and composing.Celebrated his 70th birthday with a concert in the Concertgebouw a month ago.Interesting to know is that his father Hendrik was a major source of inspiration to him.His Ricercare was played there.
I must admit I don't care for the music of Louis Andriessen at all, though I do like the music of his father Hendrik. Hendrik in his early years as an organist/composer was heavily influenced by Cesar Franck (Premier Choral for organ in particular written when he was 21) and over the years that was replaced by a leaning towards modalism and atonal writing. All of his organ works are still in print and his religious music is constantly being programmed, a tribute certainly to the quality of his writing.
regards
Brian
jre58591 wrote:It's a shame that scores by Louis Andriessen cannot be posted. He is the most talented out of his whole family, in my opinion!
He is alive and composing.Celebrated his 70th birthday with a concert in the Concertgebouw a month ago.Interesting to know is that his father Hendrik was a major source of inspiration to him.His Ricercare was played there.
I must admit I don't care for the music of Louis Andriessen at all, though I do like the music of his father Hendrik. Hendrik in his early years as an organist/composer was heavily influenced by Cesar Franck (Premier Choral for organ in particular written when he was 21) and over the years that was replaced by a leaning towards modalism and atonal writing. All of his organ works are still in print and his religious music is constantly being programmed, a tribute certainly to the quality of his writing.
regards
Brian
Hi Brian,
I hope you can at least laugh about this title of a composition by Louis: Haags Hakkûh wich is in a very flat The Hague dialect, like the ADO Den Haag hooligans are speaking. (I can assure you that Hakkuh is a familiar activity for hooligans: I had tickets for Ajax-ADO Den Haag last week and the ADO supporters were forbidden to enter the stadium).
jre58591 wrote:It's a shame that scores by Louis Andriessen cannot be posted. He is the most talented out of his whole family, in my opinion!
He is alive and composing.Celebrated his 70th birthday with a concert in the Concertgebouw a month ago.Interesting to know is that his father Hendrik was a major source of inspiration to him.His Ricercare was played there.
I must admit I don't care for the music of Louis Andriessen at all, though I do like the music of his father Hendrik. Hendrik in his early years as an organist/composer was heavily influenced by Cesar Franck (Premier Choral for organ in particular written when he was 21) and over the years that was replaced by a leaning towards modalism and atonal writing. All of his organ works are still in print and his religious music is constantly being programmed, a tribute certainly to the quality of his writing.
regards
Brian
Hi Brian,
I hope you can at least laugh about this title of a composition by Louis: Haags Hakkûh wich is in a very flat The Hague dialect, like the ADO Den Haag hooligans are speaking. (I can assure you that Hakkuh is a familiar activity for hooligans: I had tickets for Ajax-ADO Den Haag last week and the ADO supporters were forbidden to enter the stadium).
Haha, I see you found my upload of that from this year's Holland Festival. That is quite a humorous piece indeed. Also, I was at the world premiere of that piece this year in January in Los Angeles (I also attended a lecture given by Louis before the concert). The composition, while it is not one of his better ones, did amuse me very much. I got a good laugh while Louis was describing the piece, also (he's a really funny guy!).
jre58591 wrote:It's a shame that scores by Louis Andriessen cannot be posted. He is the most talented out of his whole family, in my opinion!
He is alive and composing.Celebrated his 70th birthday with a concert in the Concertgebouw a month ago.Interesting to know is that his father Hendrik was a major source of inspiration to him.His Ricercare was played there.
I must admit I don't care for the music of Louis Andriessen at all, though I do like the music of his father Hendrik. Hendrik in his early years as an organist/composer was heavily influenced by Cesar Franck (Premier Choral for organ in particular written when he was 21) and over the years that was replaced by a leaning towards modalism and atonal writing. All of his organ works are still in print and his religious music is constantly being programmed, a tribute certainly to the quality of his writing.
regards
Brian
Hi Brian,
I hope you can at least laugh about this title of a composition by Louis: Haags Hakkûh wich is in a very flat The Hague dialect, like the ADO Den Haag hooligans are speaking. (I can assure you that Hakkuh is a familiar activity for hooligans: I had tickets for Ajax-ADO Den Haag last week and the ADO supporters were forbidden to enter the stadium).
Haha, I see you found my upload of that from this year's Holland Festival. That is quite a humorous piece indeed. Also, I was at the world premiere of that piece this year in January in Los Angeles (I also attended a lecture given by Louis before the concert). The composition, while it is not one of his better ones, did amuse me very much. I got a good laugh while Louis was describing the piece, also (he's a really funny guy!).
I didn't know it was your upload.Thanks.....I saw the concert here on tv.
I never met Louis but I did once spend a night in his house.A flutist that I was playing with was taking care of his cat in the holidays!I had plenty of time to inspect his CD collection
PS: Ilu you posted your request in the FRENCH PIANO MUSIC thread - so I moved it here where it really belonged - the 'Low Countries' are usually considered to be Belgium & the Netherlands.
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As I could find out, in modern English usage, the term is occasionally to be found, and it then means the Kingdom of Belgium and (European mainland part of) the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Sometimes the French Netherlands are also included in this definition.
Regarding Luxemburg (officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) is not included in the "Low Countries" term.
Nevertheless, H. Vieuxtemps is extraordinary and it is a pity that he did not compose piano solo music.
