7th NDA Mini-Festival • 6 – 8 March 2009 Den Haag Artistic Director The Salon A European Phenomenon 1750 – 1830

NDA Chamber Soloists and Special Guests , Lecture Recitals, Multidisciplinary Presentations and Workshops Music by Reichardt, Boccherini, Mozart, Paganini, Beethoven, Molino, Matiegka and Schubert

The Festival The NDA festival presents some of the most exciting recent discoveries from the New Dutch Academy’s own Research Lab for the first time in public through a series of highly engaging performances, lecture recitals and workshops. The festival’s uniquely personal and welcoming atmosphere sees audience members and musicians join together as one in a vi- brant exploration of new musical and artistic terrain. Each year, special guests and members of the international award winning Hague Orchestra “The New Dutch Academy” (conduc- tor Simon Murphy), explore a new, groundbreaking multidisci- plinary topic.

The festival is sometimes controversial and always cutting edge. Some of the exciting discoveries presented at NDA festivals have fuelled NDA CDs which have subsequently gone on to win international recording industry awards, have launched NDA projects which have redefined music history and have created groundbreaking NDA concert programmes which have turned preconceived ideas on their head.

The Salon Poets’ Paradise where father and daughter composed This year’s 7th NDA festival turns its During the festival, particular atten- and performed music set to odes and attention to the phenomenon of the late tion will be paid to the musical figures ballads fresh from the pens of the pres- 18th/early 19th century European Salon, Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 – 1814) ent literary luminaries. exploring this theme through a series of – Prussian Hofkapellmeister in the later concert performances, lecture-recitals 18th century and founder of the classic Girl Power and participatory workshops, including Berlin lieder tradition – and his daughter, The NDA’s 2009 festival also highlights an historical dance class. The festival composer and performer Luise Reichardt the important role played by women in explores the Salons – the locations where (1779 – 1826). Together, the Reichardts the enlightened salons, taking a look at a the greatest 18th century scientific, created the enlightened phenomenon number of leading female figures of the artistic, literary and social developments known as “Reichardt’s Garten”. Located period including writers Belle van Zuylen were made, discussed and dissemi- in Giebichenstein (near Halle), it was an and Fanny Burney and painters Elizabeth nated – and looks at the salon period’s immense inspiration to its many illustri- Vigée-Le Brun and Caroline Bardua. The substantial influence on our contempo- ous house guests, including Jean Paul, relationship/s between these historical rary sense of concepts such as civility, Novalis and Goethe, who referred to it as female personalities and their male liter- sensuality, expression, eloquence and “The Poets’ Paradise” and the “Herberge ary and musical contemporaries, includ- “the romantic”. der Romantik”. Reichardt’s salons there ing Herder, Grimm, Benda and Paganini, were certainly legendary; occasions will also be explored. 7th NDA Mini-Festival • 6 – 8 March 2009 Den Haag Artistic Director Simon Murphy new dutch academy The Salon A European Phenomenon 1750 – 1830

Friday 6 March 2009 Sunday 8 March 2009 Den Haag Binnenstad 14.30 – 17.30 Theater Diligentia

Festival Upbeat and Festival Main Festival Concert Events Outreach Programme The NDA Chamber Gratis Early Evening Mini-Recitals in diverse locations in Soloists (perform- ’s historic centre ing on authentic See NDA website for details and locations instruments) directed by Simon Murphy () Saturday 7 March 2009 present a special 14.30 – 18.00 Theater Diligentia double concert programme with Recitals, Illustrated Lectures and Historical Dance Workshop late 18th/early 19th century Lieder on “Poets’ Paradise”, “18th century Girl Power”, texts by Goethe, Voß and Novalis, together with instrumental “Luise Reichardt – 18th century Singer-Songwriter” music from the sparkling European Salons of the period for “Leading Ladies: Defining International Female Figures in Flute, Guitar and Strings the Pan-European Salon Scene 1750 – 1830” Festival Concert 1 (14.30 – c. 15.30) During the afternoon’s multidisciplinary sessions, Featuring Georgia Browne Flute, Karl Nyhlin Romantic Guitar, historical dance specialist Barbara Erdner Violin, Caroline Kang Kaj Sylegård presents an introductory dance work- Serenades by Paganini, Molino, von Call and Matiegka shop looking at late 18th Music for Strings by JF Reichardt, Pleyel and Beethoven century social dances, members of the NDA Festival Concert 2 (c. 16.00 – 17.00) Chamber Soloists present performances of music by Featuring Elizabeth Dobbin Soprano, Yoshi Kazama Fortepiano, Boccherini and Reichardt, Hanna Loftsdottir Cello and Swedish Soprano Anna Nyhlin presents an 18th century Scandinavian lieder recital. Speakers include contemporary Lieder by Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Juliane Reichardt and Dutch poet Vrouwkje Tuinman and 18th century art expert Luise Reichardt including „Letztes Lied des Harfenspielers” Curator Paul Knolle (in English). (Goethe), „An den Mond” (Hölty and Voß), „Das Strickende Mädchen” (Herder) and „Klage bey Hölty’s Grabe” (JF Reich- ardt) Beethoven Variations for Cello and Piano on a Theme of Mozart Diverse other Lieder including Mozart „Abendempfind- ung” and Schubert „Ständchen”

Tickets: Kassa Theater Diligentia, Lange Voorhout 5, Den Haag T 0900 - 4104104 Saturday (ticket for the whole afternoon): € 17,50 / € 15,50 (red.) /Sunday (ticket for the whole afternoon): € 22,50 / € 17,50 (red.)

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