EDINBURGH 2017
Edinburgh 2017
The Great Hall, Edinburgh, August 24 2017
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the single biggest celebration of arts and culture on the planet.
"On their first visit to the Fringe, the well-known Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra Het Consort will give two concerts with highlights of their repertoire! Programmed are, amongst others, the famous Concerto by Vivaldi with Sebastiaan de Grebber and Ferdinand Binnendijk as mandolin soloists, the mesmerizing Autumn Song by Kuwahara, sensual Tangos by Piazzolla and virtuoso Spanish music by Albeniz and De Falla! Concerts not to be missed. 'Very good ensemble playing with artistic empathy, well balanced in sound proportion and especially striking in professional control' (Zwolle Courant). 'Ready for the large podia' (Leids Dagblad)."
Concert Highlights
Highlights of the past are the concerts in Netherlands, among which are those given in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Leiden, Eindhoven, Groningen and The Hague, and of course the ones abroad, i.e. in Ängelholm and Båstad (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denemarken), Logroño (Spain), Oostende, Antwerpen, Gent en Brussel (Belgium), Jeantes, Bancigny (Frankrijk) Arpino, Tivoli, Rome en Ala (Italië), and in New York and Rhode Island, Providence (USA).
Concert History
Nederlands:
Optreden van Het CONSORT o.l.v. Alex Timmerman in de Reuland-Gehoorzaal van het ArtEZ Conservatorium te Zwolle (NL) tijdens het 'Kruisbrink 65 Festival', op zaterdag 11 februari, 2023.
Het eerste optreden van Het CONSORT in 2023 zal plaats vinden tijdens 'Het Kruisbrink 65 Festival, 2023' te Zwolle.
Op het programma van het lunchconcert, dat door de gitaristen Serhat Bulut, Jan Bartlema en Het CONSORT verzorgd zal worden, staan ondermeer de composities "Dreamtime" en "Alamanda". Beide werken werden door Annette Kruisbrink respetieflijk in 1997 en 2014 voor Mandoline orkest gecomponeerd. De premiere van "Dreamtime", een compositie waarin de componist de haastige Westerse, aan dromen voorbijgaande, levenstijl verklankt met aan de andere kant de wereld en het hiernamaals zoals die beleeft wordt door de Aboriginals waarin de droom juist centraal staat. De première van "Dreamtime" werd in 1998 door Het CONSORT verzorgd en in 2000 op CD opgenomen. Het tweede werk van Kruisbrink, getiteld "Alamanda" is een compositie voor Gitaar solo en Mandolineorkest.
Het werk is gebaseerd op verschillende frans middeleeuwse liederen en laat, in drie elkaar opvolgende delen vooral de samenspraak tussen de gitaarsolist en het orkest horen.
"Alamanda" werd in 2014 gecomponeerd en zal op het 'Kruisbrink 65 Festival 2023' voor het eerst, uitgevoerd door de gitarist Jan Bartlema en Het CONSORT o.l.v. Alex Timmerman, in Nederland te horen zijn.
Het lunchconcert, tijdens het Kruisbrink 65 Festival, vind plaats op zaterdag 11 februari, om 12.15 uur, in de Reuland-Gehoorzaal van het ArtEZ Conservatorium te Zwolle. Entree: met reservering €12,50. Aan de zaal €15,00. Meer informatie en voor het maken van reserveringen, via deze link: Muzinder - Lunchconcert-Optredens
English:
Performance by Het CONSORT conducted by Alex Timmerman in the Reuland-Gehoorzaal of the ArtEZ Conservatory in Zwolle (NL) during the 'Kruisbrink 65 Festival', on Saturday, February 11, 2023.
The first performance of Het CONSORT in 2023 will take place during 'Het Kruisbrink 65 Festival, 2023' in Zwolle.
The program of the lunch concert, which will be performed by guitarists Serhat Bulut, Jan Bartlema and Het CONSORT, includes the compositions "Dreamtime" and "Alamanda". Both works were composed for mandolin orchestra by Annette Kruisbrink in 1997 and 2014 respectively. The premiere of "Dreamtime", a composition in which the composer gives voice to the hasty Western lifestyle, beyond dreams, with on the other side the world and the afterlife as experienced by the Aborigines in which the dream is central. The premiere of "Dreamtime" was provided by Het CONSORT in 1998 and recorded on CD in 2000. The second work by Kruisbrink, entitled "Alamanda" is a composition for guitar solo and mandolin orchestra.
The work is based on various French medieval songs and, in three successive parts, mainly shows the dialogue between the guitar soloist and the orchestra.
"Alamanda" was composed in 2014 and will be performed for the first time in the Netherlands at the 'Kruisbrink 65 Festival 2023', performed by guitarist Jan Bartlema and Het CONSORT conducted by Alex Timmerman.
The lunch concert, during the Kruisbrink 65 Festival, will take place on Saturday 11 February, at 12.15 pm, in the Reuland-Gehoorzaal of the ArtEZ Conservatory in Zwolle. Entrance: with reservation €12.50. At the door €15.00. More information and to make reservations, via this link: Muzinder - Lunchconcert-Optredens
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It is with great pleasure that we can announce the next concert by HET CONSORT lead by Alex Timmerman and the Castalia Mandoline Quintet. Especially happy to draw your attention to the premiere of the wonderful new Double Concerto for Two Mandolins and Orchestra composed by our dear friend the American composer John Craton! The soloists in this work are the Dutch mandolinists Sebastiaan de Grebber and Ferdinand Binnendijk. Other composers from whom music will be performed by HET CONSORT, are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Japanese composer Hiro Fujikake. The Castalia Mandolin Quintet wil play music by Pujol and Boccherini. You are all very welcome to come and listen on Saturday the 29th of October in the Theodorakapel (Theodorahof 20, 8011 AA), in Zwolle.
- 2000: ´Gone with the Wind´ by the Dutch composer Annette Kruisbrink (financial supported by the Dutch Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst).
- 2001: ´Tradition´ by the Belgian composer Marc Matthys (première in the presence of the composer in the concert hall De Rode Pomp in Ghent, Belgium. Financial supported by the Belgium Government).
- 2002: ´Ballando´ by the Italian composer Luca Mereu (première in the Wesopa Music Theater in Weesp, Netherlands).
- 2003: ´Paesaggio Arrabo´ also by the Italian composer Luca Mereu (première in the presence of the composer during the orchestra’s Italian tour at the concert in the patio of the Villa d´Este, Tivoli - Rome, Italy).
- 2004: ´Concerto per Orchestra a Pizzico´ by the Greek/American composer Victor Kioulaphides (première in the presence of the composer in the concert hall of the Stedelijke Muziekschool in Groningen, Netherlands).
- 2005: ´The Legend of Princess Noccalula´ for solo mandolin and mandolin orchestra by the American composer John Craton (première with the Dutch madolinist Sebastiaan de Grebber and in the presence of the composer during the concert at the Local Culture day ‘Het Snarenspel’ in Scherpenzeel, Netherlands).
- 2006: ´Perpetua Melomania II´ by the Dutch composer Jeff Hijlkema (the première of this composition took place at a concert Manhattan, New York, during the Summer tour of the Orchestra in 2007).
- 2008: ‘Bloemen van Spanje‘ (‘Flowers of Spain’) for two Guitars and mandolin orchestra by John Craton. The première of this composition took place on July 5th 2008 with the American guitar duo Mark and Beverly Davis in de Zuiderkerk in Zwolle, Netherlands.
- 2009: ‘Danseries anciennes’ for mandolin orchestra by the American composer John Craton (premièred on September 19th 2009 at a concert in the L’Eglise de Bancigny, France).
- 2009: ´Sinfonia a Pizzico´ for mandolin orchestra by the Greek/American composer Victor Kioulaphides. The première of this composition is scheduled to take place on October 16th 2010 in the Amstel Church in Amsterdam at the 20th anniversary concert of the Orchestra.