November Music is the festival for adventurous music lovers. Each year, it brings together the most original and progressive makers and musicians from around the world who do not go with the flow or swim against the 1-10 NOVEMBER 2019 tide but create their own new movements and trends. November Music 2019 presents around 90 concerts in a variety of genres ’s-HERTOGENBOSCH with the Bosch Requiem, Calliope Tsoupaki, the Metropole Orchestra & Colin Benders, Ensemble Modern, Schweigman&, Tigran Hamasyan, NOVEMBERMUSIC.NET Avishai Cohen, Mayke Nas, Helmut Lachenmann and many others. NOVEMBER MUSIC 2019 CONTENT

Crossroads were used to control traffic in the not so distant past. Now roundabouts are more popular as they ensure better circulation. And whereas we used to say Schedule p. 4 that November Music was like a crossroads (for the latest music trends), it seems more apt these days to talk of a roundabout where traffic can merge seamlessly and Friday 1 November p. 14 flexibly as drivers pick and choose the best solutions. Translated into our own terms, November Music has become a musical roundabout. A place where composers, Saturday 2 November p. 18 musicians, and makers collaborate and meet each other as well as the audience. This year, too, the festival programme is brimming with premieres and extraordinary Sunday 3 November p. 24 projects that can rarely be seen – or heard – in other locations. The genres weave in and out. Just as happens on roundabouts. Monday 4 November p. 27

This year, for the first time, together with Buma, we are organizing a New Music Tuesday 5 November p. 29 Conference with the aim to write a roadmap for the future, in close consultation with our (inter)national guests. An excellent occasion to kick-start our European project Wednesday 6 November p. 32 Sounds Now. Experience it with us at November Music 2019! Thursday 7 November p. 35 Bert Palinckx & Theo van Dooremalen Friday 8 November p. 44 STAFF BOARD Heleen Moors Management Lucas Vis Chairman Saturday 9 November p. 50 Koen Graat Programming Gerton Heyne Treasurer & world / Edo Dijksterhuis Member Sunday 10 November p. 64 communication Karen Neervoort Member Bernard Jussen Technical coordinator Annette den Heijer Member ArtmusicRoute – How does it work? p. 71 Klaartje Wouters Marketing coordinator ArtmusicRoute – Concerts p. 72 PHOTOGRAPHY & VISUALS Studio Kluif, Sylvain Gripoix, Yani Pictures, Egil Hansen, Marc Bolsius, Merijn Bisschops, Sanne p. 86 Peper, Bowie Verschuuren, Jan van den Bossche, Simon van Boxtel, Teun Hocks - courtesy More about music Torch Galley Amsterdam, Grégoire Verbeke, Jostijn Ligtvoet, Rüdiger Schestag, Isabelle Renate la Poutré, Stamatis Xanthoulis, Jan Hoek, Lana Duiverman, Chris van Wyk, Maarten Jüngen, Composer in focus p. 88 Michal Grycko, Tom Leentjes, Nichon Glerum, Elini Mik, Anouk van Kalmthout, Annelies van der Vegt, Sarah Wijzenbeek, Maurits Giesen, Igor Studio, Marcel Krijgsman, Sander Heezen, Caroline Commissioned works p. 89 Forbes, Eric van Nieuwland, Thomas Huisman, Daniel Nicolas, Michiel van Nieuwkerk, René Castelijn, Wout Nooitgedagt, Helga Raimondi, Anna van Kooij and others Locations p. 90

TEXTS DESIGN Practical information p. 92 Mark van de Voort Anke Schalk (Toelgroep) Subject to modifications Studio Kluif (cover image) For up-to-date information go to Sponsors and partners p. 94 www.novembermusic.net 2 3 FRIDAY 1 NOV

7-7.15 PM Vocaal Ensemble Markant 7.45-9 PM Jesse Passenier / Eric Alink YOM 9.45-11 PM Grote Kerk Willem Twee Toonzaal Rymden Theater aan de Parade 8-9.15 PM philharmonie zuidnederland Verkadefabriek

SATURDAY 2 NOV

-2.45 PM 2 4-5 PM Claudia Molitor & Sanne Rambags 7.45-10 PM Bij Katrien Babel Bosch Requiem 2019 Calliope Tsoupaki 4-5.15 PM Lot Vekemans The Riot Ensemble Theater aan de Parade Georg Friedrich Haas Willem Twee Toonzaal SUNDAY 3 NOV

11.30 AM-6 PM ArtmusicRoute 7-8 PM Remy van Kesteren / Eric Vloeimans / a/o Capella Brabant various locations Kris Oelbrandt 8.45-10 PM Schedule p. 12-13 Grote Kerk Mozdzer` ` Danielsson Fresco Trio & Holland Baroque Verkadefabriek MONDAY 4 NOV

7-10 PM 8-9 PM Music Hub Night 9-10 PM Sanne Rambags / Eva van Pelt Arno Schuitemaker Arno Schuitemaker Rianne Wilbers / Mathijs Leeuwis a/o Aart Strootman Verkadefabriek Aart Strootman Verkadefabriek Verkadefabriek

4 5 TUESDAY 5 NOV

7-10 PM Anna Korsun / Gilius van Bergeijk 8.30-9.45 PM Grote Kerk & Willem Twee Toonzaal LeineRoebana Verkadefabriek

8.30-9.45 PM Estafest & Andreas Schaerer WEDNESDAY 6 NOV Verkadefabriek

7-8 PM Trio Catch 8.30-9.45 PM Willem Twee Toonzaal Schweigman& Theater aan de Parade

8.30-10.30 PM Silbersee Verkadefabriek

THURSDAY 7 NOV

12.30-1.45 PM 4-4.30 PM Yuko Kakuta & Veronique 7-8 PM Yukiko Sugawara van den Engh Ralph van Raat 8-12 PM Willem Twee Toonzaal Daan Manneke Daan Manneke Moodz - Anna Meredith Sint-Janskathedraal Willem Twee Toonzaal DJ Gabriel Prokofiev BeraadGeslagen e.a. 5-5.15 PM Willem Twee Poppodium & Verkadefabriek Joost van Balkom 7-8 PM Daan Manneke Florian Magnus Maier 8.30-9.30 PM Sint-Janskathedraal Paul & Menno de Nooijer Nieuw Amsterdams Peil Verkadefabriek Mayke Nas 6-6.15 PM Verkadefabriek Joost van Balkom Daan Manneke Sint-Janskathedraal 8.45-10 PM Cappella Breda Daan Manneke Grote Kerk

6 7 FRIDAY 8 NOV

12.30-1.15 PM 7-8 PM Quertetto Maurice TEMKO 8.30-11 PM 10.00-6 PM Metropole Orkest New Music Conference 2019 Georg Friedrich Haas Slagwerk Den Haag Willem Twee Toonzaal Aart Strootman Colin Benders Verkadefabriek Ibeyi Theater aan de Parade Theater aan de Parade 4-5 PM Genetic Choir 8.45-10 PM Babel Ensemble Modern Sarah Maria Sun Verkadefabriek SATURDAY 9 NOV

2-3.15 PM 12.30-1.45 PM 4-4.45 PM Quertetto Maurice James Oesi Vincent van Evelien 6.45-8.15 PM 8.30-9.30 PM Willem Twee Toonzaal van den Broek Amsterdam Ives Ensemble Genetic Choir Babel Babel Willem Twee Toonzaal Babel 2-3 PM 4-4.45 PM 8 PM Anne-Maartje 6.45- 8.45-10 PM Brendan Faegre Amstel & Lemereis Asko|Schönberg Robin Coops Keuris Quartet Kenza Koutchoukali Wu Wei Verkadefabriek Maxim Shalygin Theater Artemis Theater aan de Parade Verkadefabriek 3.30-4.45 PM 4-5 PM 9.45 PM 7-8 PM 8.45- De Toverfluit (7+) MAZE Brabant Koor MAZE De Toneelmakerij Claudio F. Baroni Sergej Rachmaninov Claudio F. Baroni Silbersee Willem Twee Kunstruimte Alfred Momotenko Willem Twee Kunstruimte Theater aan de Parade Jheronimus Bosch Art Center 7-11.30 PM Colours of Improvisation 9 PM-3 AM Avishai Cohen Quartet Plug Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Tineke Postma Werkwarenhuis Free Desmyter & Bassem Hawar Verkadefabriek

8 9 SUNDAY 10 NOV

12-5.30 PM Ragazze Quartet 1-1.45 PM De Paraplu (4+) 3-3.45 PM Willem Twee Toonzaal Verkadefabriek De Paraplu (4+) 4.15-6 PM Verkadefabriek Collegium Vocale Eindhoven / Ad 1.30-2.45 PM Parnassum Tigran Hamasyan & 3.30-5 PM Grote Kerk & Jheronimus 8.30-9.45 PM Mathias Eick Yazz Ahmed Bosch Art Center Nieuw Ensemble Verkadefabriek Verkadefabriek Joël Bons Verkadefabriek

SOUND

INSTALLATIONS FRI 1 NOV SAT 2 NOV SUN 3 NOV MON 4 NOV TUE 5 NOV WED 6 NOV THUR 7 NOV FRI 8 NOV SAT 9 NOV SUN 10 NOV

11.30 AM, De klank van de buren 2-3 PM 1 PM, 2.30 Installatie Expeditie & 7-8 PM 7-8 PM 5-6 PM 5-6 PM PM, 4 PM Werkwarenhuis 4-5 PM p. 18 & 5.30 PM The Body Imitates the Landscape 9 AM-7 PM 11 AM-5 PM 11 AM-5 PM 9 AM-5.30 PM 9 AM-5.30 PM 9 AM-5.30 PM 9 AM-7 PM 9 AM-7 PM 11 AM-5 PM 11 AM-5 PM Willem Twee Kunstruimte p. 70

4’33 Galerie Mieke van Schaijk 12.30-5 PM 12.30-5 PM 2-3 PM 2-5 PM 2-5 PM 2-5 PM 2-5 PM 2-5 PM 2-5 PM p. 70

Return to Zero Verkadefabriek Matzer 7-8 PM 7-8 PM p. 70

10 11 SUNDAY 3 NOV ARTMUSICROUTE

11.30 12 PM 12.30 1 PM 1.30 2 PM 2.30 3 PM 3.30 4 PM 4.30 5 PM 5.30 Location AM PM AM AM AM AM AM

SOUNDS Remy van Kesteren Willem Twee Poppodium & SONGS ROUTE Michel van der Aa Babel Pleitzaal

p. 72 Helge Slikker Verkadefabriek Kleine Zaal

Heleen Hulst / Gerard Bouwhuis Babel Pleitzaal CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI Eric Vloeimans / Markus Stockhausen Grote Kerk ROUTE Erik Bosgraaf Museum Slager p. 74 Matthijs Koene Babel Hofzaal

Maya Youssef Trio Verkadefabriek Clubzaal EAST & WEST Sebastiaan van Bavel project Verkadefabriek Clubzaal ROUTE Sinan Arat Museum Slager p. 76 Kamerkoor JIP / Ghaeth Almaghoot Noordbrabants Museum Statenzaal

The Riot Ensemble Willem Twee Toonzaal HCMF ROUTE Zubin Kanga Verkadefabriek Cabaretfirma

p. 78 Evan Parker / Matt Wright Jazzwerkplaats

Tatiana Koleva Verkadefabriek Matzer PERCUSSION ROUTE Brendan Faegre Pand 18

p. 80 Nerea Vera Verkadefabriek Filmzaal 5

VARIETY Mervyn Groot / Ytjse Rosier Bij Katrien (v/h Bank van Leening) ROUTE Arthur Wagenaar Werkwarenhuis p. 82 Cecilia Arditto Design Museum Den Bosch

Germaine Sijstermans Galerie Mieke van Schaijk SOUND & VISION Claudio F. Baroni / Adi Hollander Willem Twee Kunstruimte ROUTE Installatie Expeditie Werkwarenhuis p. 84 Cathy van Eck Bij Katrien (v/h Bank van Leening)

AMPA fc Jongbloed Azijnfabriek ROUTE p. 85 Ensembles AMPA Azijnfabriek 12 13 ALAN YOM JESSE PASSENIER / ERIC ALINK Vocaal Ensemble Markant and other choirs from ’s Hertogenbosch

Fri 1 Nov Music November, together with the town council, commissioned From cinematic chamber music to superfast clarinet Fri 1 Nov Grote Kerk Jesse Passenier to write a composition to celebrate the liberation improvisations – clarinettist Yom (Guillaume Humrey) has Willem Twee 7-7.15 PM of ’s-Hertogenbosch 75 years ago. Passenier’s Alan was inspired imbued the klezmer tradition with a new and contemporary Toonzaal free by Operation Alan, which was executed by the 53rd Welsh Infantry vigour. The Frenchmen loves Yiddish music. He interprets it in 7.45-9 PM Division that freed ’s-Hertogenbosch following an intensive his very own way. € 16 / € 8 vocal / choirs six-day battle. The work juxtaposes four groups of singers and is conducted by Bernhard Touwen. A truly dynamic acoustic Yom performs with a trio which also consists of cellist Fredric world / jazz spectacle. Deville and violinist Régis Huby. The project is a sequel to Town chronicler Eric Alink provides a personal perspective in the wonderful Le Silence de l’Exode that put to music the Krijt (Chalk), a lyric he wrote specifically for this occasion. His wanderings through the wilderness of the Israelites. Yom’s new layered text is reflected in the choir sound; it is alternately warm compositions revolve around the sea. Both as an El Dorado and and forceful, as a girl shares her experiences from the eve of the a scene of potentially lethal crossings. battles until liberation is a fact. Her world is innocent but the music expresses the ambiguity that is captured in the narrative. Yom is regarded as an absolute virtuoso in France, he straddles Alan will also be performed during the event Liberation the boundaries between jazz, Jewish, and classical music. ’s-Hertogenbosch 75 years at De Parade on Saturday 26 October. He will finally perform in the Netherlands.

14 15 RUBEN HEIN / STIAN WESTERHUS / RYMDEN PHILHARMONIE ZUIDNEDERLAND ft. Bugge Wesseltoft, Dan Berglund & Magnus Öström Igor Stravinsky / Stian Westerhus / Jesse Passenier

Fri 1 Nov Rock, jazz, electric guitar solos, and iron-cast wind orchestra ‘The band is this season’s must hear,’ wrote the Dutch daily Fri 1 Nov Verkadefabriek classics; the eclectic South Netherlands Philharmonic is always NRC Handelsblad in regards to the new Scandinavian jazz Theater aan de Grote Zaal a welcome guest at November Music. This time, the focus is group, Rymden. 11 years ago, in 2008, the death of the Parade Pleinzaal 8-9.15 PM on the wind section of the orchestra, led by conductor Karel legendary pianist Esbjörn Svensson of the Swedish trio E.S.T. 9.45-11 PM c 20 / c 10 Deseure. The programme features the indispensable and spelled the end of one of the most innovative jazz ensembles € 20 / € 10 seminal Symphony of Wind Instruments by Igor Stravinsky. of the early 21st century. The two remaining E.S.T. members, composed / rock / percussionist Magnus Öström and bass player Dan Berglund, jazz choirs There will also be contemporary cross-overs. The composition each went their own way. Fantastic musicians with a ton of Twin Twinkler (by and with the Norwegian guitarist and experience, who are regrouping for the first time as part of composer, Stian Westerhus) premiered last year. The orchestra a brand-new jazz trio. For the Norwegian pianist/keyboard worked with him for the first time during November Music 2014. player Bugge Wesseltoft it is a dream come to true to work with The piece, for wind players and the phenomenal soloist Östrom and Berglund at long last. Westerhus on electric guitar, just begs to be repeated. ‘As with Svensson, Rymden’s dynamics and solid groove are In addition, a surprising piece that was commissioned from the highly distinctive... The three musicians seamlessly collaborate young composer Jesse Passenier. The jazz and rock singer in a way that makes it appear the trio have been together Ruben Hein has been given a special part. Passenier’s Division for years. According to Wesseltoft, the record is a modest is a resounding ode to the liberation of ’s-Hertogenbosch by the reflection of what Rymden is capable of in a live situation. 53rd Welsh Infantry Division in 1944, precisely 75 years ago. This is very promising indeed.’ De Volkskrant Vocaal Ensemble Markant’s contribution is spectacular.

16 17 DE KLANK VAN DE BUREN DECAY INSTALLATION EXPEDITION CLAUDIA MOLITOR Jeroen Vandesande / Kris Verdonk / Flora Koene / Paul Devens a/o Claudia Molitor / Tullis Rennie / Sanne Rambags

Sat 2 Nov November Music offers plenty of opportunities each year for Decay is a sound meditation on the beauty and implications Sat 2 Nov 2-3 & 4-5 PM high-quality contemporary sound installations and sound art. of our mortality by the English composer Claudia Molitor, with Babel Pleitzaal For the first time, the Installation Expedition takes place in the trombonist Tullis Rennie. Each time, she collaborates with 2-2.45 PM Wed 6 & Thur 7 Nov atmospheric WerkWarenHuis in local hotspot De Tramkade. different musicians so the work continues to shapeshift. € 14 / € 7 7-8 PM Composer/sound artist Matteo Marangon is once again Specifically for November Music, Molitor and Renne join forces the curator. This year, he is collaborating with curator Joost with the young Dutch vocalist Sanne Rambags, who is at home composed / music Fri 8 & Sat 9 Nov Fonteyne of the Belgian art initiative Wilde Westen, based in in jazz as well as in more recent musical offshoots. and visuals 5-6 PM Kortrijk. Four sound artists from Belgium and four from the Netherlands are showing brand-new work in the historic- Rambags’ work is inspired by nature’s grandiosity and ’s 3 PM interview Werkwarenhuis industrial WerkWarenHuis spaces. That is to say, the vibrant panoramic views, which makes her the ideal guest for this Claudia Molitor € 5 / € 2.50 sound artist scenes from two of the Low Countries are finally project. Decay had its premiere at the prestigious HCMF in are put on the same map. The following artists participate Huddersfield (UK) in 2018. installations / in the exhibition De Klank van de Buren (The Sound of the music & visuals / Neighbours): Paul Devens, Ana Guedes, Flora Koene, Jesus electronics Canuto Iglesias, Arzu Saglam, Jeroen Vandesande, Floris Vanhoof, and Kris Verdonk. Bart van Dongen is the expedition’s leader this year, too. 18 19 SOLSTICES DANCING IN THE CURTAINS GEORG FRIEDRICH HAAS STIAN WESTERHUS The Riot Ensemble

Sat 2 Nov Georg Friedrich Haas is regarded as one of today’s most Stian Westerhus, from Norway, knows how to evoke an Sat 2 Nov Willem Twee important composers and he is put in the spotlight at this incomparable cinematic sound world, brimming with dark Bij Katrien Toonzaal year’s festival. Focal point is his recent chamber music work, expression. Glowing melodies marry ominous feedback (v/h Bank van 4-5.15 PM Solstices, written for the Riot Ensemble Ensemble from London waves and rarefied vocal lines. The media widely embraced Leening) € 18 / € 9 and (partially) commissioned by November Music. The Austrian Westerhus’ debut album, Amputation. His music carries 4-5 PM composer’s pieces are rich in timbre and they are finding an the listener’s soul to a higher place, concluded a reviewer € 14 / € 7 composed ever larger audience. Scintillating music with just (harmonic) in AllAboutJazz. intonations and imposing arcs. The British conductor Simon rock / electronics / Rattle was ahead of the game back in 2013 when he declared, Stian Westerhus has worked with , Nils Petter soundscapes loud and clear, that in vain by Haas was ‘one of the first true Molvær, , and Sidsel Endresen in the past. masterpieces of the 21st century’. He will also play with the South Netherlands Philharmonic on Friday, 1 November. Haas composed his new chamber music piece, Solstices, for the 10 musicians of The Riot Ensemble. The musicians listen intently to each other as they create a fervent piece of music with a wealth of overtones, which slowly progresses toward an impressive climax. An unparalleled musical experience.

Please note, this concert takes place in complete darkness. 20 21 BOSCH REQUIEM 2019 – LIKNON

CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI / LOT VEKEMANS Maarten Engeltjes / Marcel Beekman / PRJCT Amsterdam

The Greek-Dutch composer Calliope Tsoupaki puts the Sat 2 Nov Virgin Mary (Maria) central stage in the brand-new Bosch Theater aan de Requiem. Liknon is a baroque ode to the mother of all Parade Grote Zaal mothers (the title means ‘cradle’). Tsoupaki is the incumbent 7.45-10 PM Dutch Composer Laureate as well as November Music € 25 / € 12.50 2019’s current festival composer. Maria is part of the Byzantine tradition that Tsoupaki grew up with. composed / choirs A requiem needs heavenly vocals. Tsoupaki found inspiration for Liknon in the expressive and lyrical timbres of countertenor Maarten Engeltjes and tenor Marcel Beekman. Their voices, highly rated internationally, are accompanied by the baroque ensemble PRJCT Amsterdam, led by conductor Manoj Kamps.

Bosch Requiem is embedded in a full evening’s programme, directed by MATZER Theaterproducties. Prior to the world premiere of the new requiem, the author Lot Vekemans will read a text she has written specifically for this occasion, inspired by the music and the themes. The night starts at De Parade with a ritual involving various choirs from ’s-Hertogenbosch as well as students from AMPA,Tilburg

22 23 ARTMUSICROUTE 2019 LOFLIED DER VERZOENING KRIS OELBRANDT Capella Brabant / Dudok Kwartet / Katrien Baerts / Sun 3 Nov A varied menu that includes Remy van Kesteren’s exciting Elsbeth Gerritsen a/o Various locations harp rhythms, Eric Vloeimans’ and Markus Stockhausen’s 11.30 AM-6 PM lyrical trumpet sounds, composer Michel van der Aa’s gripping Kris Oelbrandt has a unique position in the contemporary music Sun 3 Nov c 22 / c 11 songs, Maya Youssef’s Arabic qanûn melodies, free jazz scene of the Low Countries. A Trappist monk, he is also active Grote Kerk improvisations by saxophone legend Evan Parker, virtuoso as a composer. Oelbrandt was born in Belgium and is very 7-8 PM all genres recorder escapades by Erik Bosgraaf, and spectacular driven. His double calling permeates his life and music. Echoes € 18 / € 9 percussion by Tatiana Koleva & the Youth Percussion Pool. Not of composers such as Arvo Pärt and Olivier Messiaen can be for the first time, musical diversity is rife at November Music’s heard in his work. At the same time, he very much walks his composed / choirs annual ArtmusicRoute. own spiritual path. Whereas Oelbrandt’s compositions have rarely been heard 6.45 PM introduction A ticket (to be exchanged for a wristband on the day) gives outside the monastic walls, this is slowly starting to change. Martin Hoondert access to all concerts, which last no longer than half an hour Capella Brabant, led by Marc Versteeg, performs a major in many cases. Plus, you can compose your own programme. new piece, Loflied der Verzoening (Ode to Reconciliation), The concerts take place in very diverse locations, including that Oelbrandt created for November Music 2019. The work churches, museums, and theatres. Most concerts are repeated consists of a monumental arrangement of three corresponding to make it easier to choose. ‘cantiches’ from three world religions. Hannah’s Song of Thanksgiving (Jewish), Mary’s Song of Thanksgiving Practical information and concert details can be found on page (Catholic), and Sura 87 (Islam). New spiritual music that 71 and further. Pages 12 & 13 contain the full schedule of the intends to encourage the global religions to reach out to each ArtmusicRoute other. Special guests include the soprano Katrien Baerts, mezzosoprano Elsbeth Gerritsen, and the Dudok string quartet. 24 25 MOZDZER` ` DANIELSSON FRESCO TRIO MUSIC HUB NIGHT & HOLLAND BAROQUE Sanne Rambags / Eva van Pelt / Rianne Wilbers / Albert van Abbe / Julian Edwardes / Orkun Agir / Mathijs Leeuwis

Sun 3 Nov A beautiful marriage between jazz, baroque, Arabic music, and Talent needs to be cherished and facilitated. And it makes Mon 4 Nov Verkadefabriek many other influences. An earlier encounter between ensemble sense to promote tomorrow’s music makers, today. Verkadefabriek Grote Zaal Holland Baroque and the Polish (jazz) pianist Leszek Mozdzer` ` Music Hub Brabant puts these young musicians and composers (various rooms) 8.45-10 PM made a big impression. Earth Particles (2017) culminated in in the spotlight and also sees to it that the development of 7-10 PM € 18 / € 9 a perfect merger of vivacious baroque parts and Mozdzer’s` ` musical talent is taken seriously across Brabant’s cultural € 14 / € 7 virtuoso improvisations on the . The concerts as well as sector. The Music Hub, which invests in musical talent, came jazz / world / the CD, garlanded with gold, are very moreish. about when two existing talent development initiatives merged: rock / jazz / world / composed Proud of the South was focused on rock music while New composed / Now there is a sequel. Mozdzer` ` will not come alone this time. Arrivals catered to jazz and contemporary music. electronics / This premiere concert is performed by the Mozdzer` ` Danielsson installation Fresco Trio with the Swedish bass player – Music Hub Brabant will happily introduce itself and provide who collaborated with musicians such as Trilok Gurtu, Tigran a taste of music’s promising future at November Music 2019. Hamasyan, and Paolo Fresu – and the Israeli percussionist A wide range of young music makers from Brabant will perform Zohar Fresco, a master of Middle-Eastern music. The versatile during the night including vocalists Sanne Rambags, Eva van Holland Baroque ensemble earlier teamed up with a variegated Pelt, and Rianne Wilbers, DJ Albert van Abbe, synthesizer range of guests including Eric Vloeimans, Wu Wei, and Nico specialist Julian Edwardes, baglama player Orkun Agir, and Muhly. It has been a featured guest at previous editions of pedal steel guitarist Mathijs Lcenturyis. November Music. 26 27 THE WAY YOU SOUND TONIGHT ANNA KORSUN / GILIUS VAN BERGEIJK Arno Schuitemaker / Aart Strootman Ensemble Modelo62 a/o

Mon 4 Nov ‘Arno Schuitemaker surpasses himself with the subtle The Way Originality and determination are important traits for a Tues 5 Nov Verkadefabriek You Sound Tonight’, wrote Cultuurpers. The audience can dive composer. Stichting Trillende Lucht (Oscillating Air Foundation) Grote Kerk & Willem Grote Zaal headlong into a futuristic dance offering. The performance was from Amsterdam has created a biennial prize, the Open Twee Toonzaal 8-9 & 9-10 PM created by choreographer/theatre maker Arno Schuitemaker Ear Award, for composers who rig up their very own sound 7-10 PM € 18 / € 9 and composer Aart Strootman. It turned out to be one of the world. An incentive prize for experienced as well as incipient € 16 / € 8 highlights of Holland Festival 2018. composers who are prepared to take risks. music & dance Arno Schuitemaker is one of the most remarkable young theatre composed / music makers on the scene today. Magazines such as Tanz and Dance This year, composer Anna Korsun received the Award. She won theatre Europe are already referring to him as ‘the most influential the Gaudeamus Prize in 2014. ‘Anna Korsun’s oeuvre proves contemporary choreographer of the Netherlands’. Five that she operates as a sensitive and self-governing artist. She performers take their audience on a rollercoaster ride in The seems virtually untouched by the pace at which society is Way You Sound Tonight. Reality takes the form of a hallucinatory changing,’ stated the jury report. repeating loop. Gilius van Bergeijk was the first composer to win the Open Ear It is no accident that The Way You Sound Tonight was nominated in 2017 and Ensemble Modelo62 plays four of his compositions. by the VSCD Dansjury for the Zwaan (the Dutch Dance ‘Oscar’) Come and listen to two composers who bypass the well-worn as the most impressive dance production of the year. conventions and create music with a great appetite for theatre Composer/guitarist Aart Strootman has created an imposing as well as sound experiments. and minimalist electronic score for this performance, which he plays live. ‘Composer Aart Strootman’s music is unrivalled,’ wrote the daily Brabants Dagblad. 28 29 ESTAFEST & ANDREAS SCHAERER SOLAS LEINEROEBANA

Tues 5 Nov Hearing is believing; but you need eyes as well as ears Folk songs and favourite crooners have offered ultimate solace Tues 5 Nov Verkadefabriek to experience the full range of what the Swiss voice artist for centuries. Such moments of relief reach boiling point in the Verkadefabriek Clubzaal Andreas Schaerer gets up to using his vocal cords. As a voice latest performance of the much-lauded Dutch dance company, Grote Zaal 8.30-9.45 PM percussionist, he is feted around the world and has lifted to LeineRoebana. Its seven dancers throw themselves into an 8.30-9.45 PM c 16 / c 8 new heights beatboxing, singing, and sound imitations. The elegant pas de deux with guitarist Wiek Hijmans, lutenist David € 20 / € 10 jazz world has been on to Schaerer’s far from negligible talent Mackor, and vocalists Talitha van der Spek and Elisabeth jazz / rock for quite some time. He has worked with talents such as Bobby Hetherington. English Renaissance composer John Dowland’s music & dance McFerrin, Soweto Kinch, Michael Wollny, and . poignant music is central to the proceedings. His classical tearjerkers, such as Flow my tears, accelerate heartbeats. Solas Jazz quartet Estafest’s churning energy on stage is just right offers unruly beauty, with frayed edges which touches eyes and for Schaerer. Violinist Oene van Geel, pianist Jeroen van Vliet, ears. guitarist Anton Goudsmit, and saxophonist Mete Erker are well able to hold their ground. With Andreas Schaerer they cocreate LeineRoebana invites the audience to meet dancers, musicians, a unique and unforgettable rendezvous. Humour, playfulness, and choreographers during a preliminary introduction on stage. inventiveness, and virtuosity alternate as different musical The doors open and the audience may enter half an hour before genres merge and mesh. the performance starts; a much-loved tradition by now.

30 31 TRIO CATCH VAL Isabel Mundry / Barblina Meierhans / Bianca Bongers SCHWEIGMAN& / CALEFAX Boukje Schweigman / Yannis Kyriakides

Wed 6 Nov Trio Catch from Hamburg has grown into a prominent Val means to fall, surrender. Falling is avoided as much as Wed 6 Nov Willem Twee contemporary chamber music ensemble at record pace. Joyous possible in a controlling society such as the one we live in. Yet, Theater aan de Toonzaal playing and a sense of adventure characterize the trio, which falling can also open a door to a new reality. It is no accident Parade Grote Zaal 7-8 PM named itself after the piece Catch by the British composer that the ground-breaking theatre group Schweigman& seeks 8.30-9.45 PM € 18 / € 9 Thomas Adès. A love of contemporary music has brought to carve out a new dimension of visual theatre with Val. c 25 / c 12.50 clarinettist Boglárka Pecze, cellist Eva Boesch, and pianist Mime players portray the unpredictable beauty of falling. The composed Sun-Young Nam together. The trio collaborates closely with performance subtly plays with the laws of gravity as well as music / composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Georg Friedrich with hidden fears. The players of the reed quintet Calefax join performance Haas, and Georges Aperghis. It also participates in the the group and perform a brand-new work by composer Yannis Ensemble Modern Academy. Kyriakides.

Trio Catch presents an all-female programme at November Time and again, the multidisciplinary magician Boukje Music with work by the German composer Isabel Mundry, a Schweigman has caused a sensation at Theaterfestival recent composition by Barblina Meierhans from Switzerland, Boulevard. She presented the fascinating performance Huid and a commissioned work by upcoming talent Bianca Bongers. three years ago at November Music, with Slagwerk Den Haag.

32 33 STIMMUNG II YUKO KAKUTA & YUKIKO SUGAWARA SILBERSEE Helmut Lachenmann / Mark Andre Luigi Nono / Arnold Marinissen / Giuliano Bracci

Wed 6 Nov To explore the human voice in all its exquisiteness, German composer Helmut Lachenmann was the central Thur 7 Nov Verkadefabriek gracefulness, and fragility. Vocal ensemble Silbersee is guest at November Music 2015. His wife, the pianist Yukiko Willem Twee Grote Zaal unparalleled in this respect. Their overall cycle, Stimmung, Sugawara, had a star part. She returns to ‘s Hertogenbosch this Toonzaal 8.30-10.30 PM presents the most precious pearls in the realm of vocal year to play a special piece written by her husband. 2.30-1.45 PM € 20 / € 10 acrobatics. € 16 / € 8 Stimmung II takes the audience on a mystical journey through Together with the soprano Yuko Kakuta, she performs composed / music time. The Italian master Luigi Nono’s classical work Das Lachenmann’s only work for voice and piano: Got Lost. The composed theatre atmende Klarsein has pride of place on the night. It is an composer interlinks texts by Friedrich Nietzsche, Fernando extensive and mind-bending composition that is rarely played Pessoa, and others. In addition, the duo performs work by the 2 PM interview live. ‘An uncommonly pure Nono performance,’ was Dutch daily composer Mark Andre who wrote a completely new piece, Job. Helmut Lachenmann NRC Handelsblad enthusiastic headline. 3.8, for Kakuta and Sugawara. His piano work iv 1 is also part and Mark Andre of the programme. Silbersee invited two of today’s active composers to write new Andre, just like his teacher Lachenmann, turns into gold the madrigals in response to Nono’s spiritual sound world. most unexpected musical moments. Extremely virtuoso and Dutch composer Arnold Marinissen sings the praises of nature vital music, which has listeners and players on the edges of and the passing of time. Giuliano Bracci’s composition reflects their seats. Helmut Lachenmann, 83 years young, will travel to on the state of humanity in the context of the infinite universe. the festival for this concert.

34 35 VERONIQUE VAN DEN ENGH Daan Manneke / Calliope Tsoupaki / Maurice Pirenne

The organ is key to Dutch composer Daan Manneke’s oeuvre. Thur 7 Nov He wrote over 25 organ works in various combinations. The St John’s Cathedral overwhelming spatial sound has inspired Manneke for decades. 4-4.30 PM Véronique van den Engh, the regular organist of the famous free instrument in Sint-Janskathedraal, plays several of Manneke’s characteristic organ pieces, including Voorspel op de naam composed BACH (Prelude to the name BACH).

COMPOSER PORTRAITS

November Music has commissioned the musicologist Joep Christenhusz to portray festival composer Calliope JOOST VAN BALKOM Tsoupaki in a monograph. The Daan Manneke bilingual publication (English/ Dutch) will be presented The city carillonist of ’s-Hertogenbosch, Joost van Balkom, Thur 7 Nov during the festival. Earlier is a remarkable innovator. During November Music he plays St John’s Cathedral parts in the series are also a selection of carillon works that were created by the Dutch 5-5.15 & available. Read them on the composer Daan Manneke, who wrote a large number of pieces 6-6.15 PM website and/or download the for this extraordinary instrument. Featured on the programme free PDFs. www.novembermusic. are Harbalorifa, Concert voor 47 klokken and (..) een heldere net/componistenportretten inzet, een dagbegin. composed

36 37 GROTE ARCHIPEL MOVING GUITARS DAAN MANNEKE FLORIAN MAGNUS MAIER / Ralph van Raat PAUL EN MENNO DE NOOIJER Izhar Elias / Kenzo Kusuda

Thur 7 Nov Daan Manneke, one of the Nestors of contemporary music in A musical fantasy world that brings together the old and the Thur 7 Nov Willem Twee the Netherlands, turns 80 today. The composer has built a rich new. Guitarist and composer Florian Magnus Maier and his Verkadefabriek Toonzaal and exceedingly varied body of work down the years. colleague Izhar Elias let their guitars dance in the wondrous Kleine Zaal 7-8 PM Of course, November Music will not let this festive moment world created by the legendary artist duo Paul and Menno de 7-8 PM € 16 / € 8 pass unnoticed. Pianist Ralph van Raat performs the entire Nooijer, with dancer Kenzo Kusuda. Modern music theatre as few € 16 / € 8 piano cycle Grote Archipel (Large Archipelago); an impressive will have seen it – with early baroque sounds, screeching guitars, composed piano monument, which Manneke wrote in 2018. In it, he absurdist projections, and mysterious dance. composed / rock / packed all his love and passion for the art of composing. music & visuals / An ingenious performance, with a central role for Izhar Elias’ dance Manneke reflects on his oeuvre in the six-movement piano baroque guitar and Florian Magnus Maier’s electric guitar. piece – from his earliest work to more recent creations. Grote Dancer Kenzo Kusuda tries to connect these two extremes Archipel was written for a peloton of pianists – including Kelvin through his seductive movement theatre. A magic pillow and Grout, Daniel Kramer, Hannes Minnaar, and Ralph van Raat – the alienating images created by Paul and Menno de Nooijer who premiered the piece last year in a relay concert. Ralph quicken the imagination in a big way. Florian Magnus Maier has van Raat plays the masterpiece by himself at November Music composed new work for the performance. 2019.

38 39 MOODZ

TaxiWars / Anna Meredith / DJ Gabriel Prokofiev ANNA MEREDITH Thur 7 Nov & New European Ensemble / BeraadGeslagen / Perforator Composers are no longer afraid of the cross-fertilization Wilem Twee between rock, dance, minimal, and classical. Popzaal & Anna Meredith is a shining example. Pitchfork described her Verkadefabriek as ‘one of the most innovative minds in British modern music’. 8 PM until midnight Her music is an exhilarating mix of elements from minimal € 24 / € 12 music, rock, film music, and dance. ‘As if you throw Steve Reich into a blender with Björk and PJ Harvey,’ according to rock / electronics / VPRO’s 3voor12. groove

DJ GABRIEL PROKOFIEV & Moodz presents bands NEW EUROPEAN ENSEMBLE that straddle rock Yes, he is the grandson of the famous Russian composer music’s boundaries. Sergei Prokofiev. And yes, he loves classical music. That is to No predictable verses say, as long as it goes hand in glove with dance, hip hop beats, and choruses. Instead, and electronica. DJ Gabriel Prokofiev creates zany live mixes expect adventurous from behind the turntables. At November Music, he will do so sounds and unexpected together with the musicians of New European Ensemble. frayed edges as well as compelling melodies, BERAADGESLAGEN exciting grooves, and BeraadGeslagen is a duo that consists of drummer Lander energetic beats. Gyselinck (STUFF.) and keyboardist/singer Fulco Ottervanger (De Beren Gieren). A musical think tank with drums, keyboards, texts, and hooters. They have been playing together for 10 years in mostly invisible venues but they are now intermittently exposing themselves to the world with disco classics that never even reached the market: groovy and unpredictable.

PERFORATOR Oboist Marlies van Gangelen and electronica wizard Akim Moiseenkov combine electronica, rock, minimal, and contemporary classical. Seeing the new absurdist programme Performania is like watching MC Escher at work. Intuitively, it makes sense and yet everything is skewed.

Please visit our website to view the complete programme 40 41 HET ARSENAAL DER ONGELEEFDE DINGEN CAPPELLA BREDA / ASTRID HARING / MAYKE NAS / TEUN HOCKS VINCENT VAN AMSTERDAM Nieuw Amsterdams Peil Daan Manneke / Olivier Messiaen / Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Thur 7 Nov Composer Mayke Nas and visual artist Teun Hocks join forces Daan Manneke is one of the Nestors of Dutch contemporary Thur 7 Nov Verkadefabriek in a new music theatre work. music in the Netherlands. The composer has produced a rich Grote Kerk Grote Zaal With ensemble Nieuw Amsterdams Peil as musical travel and extremely versatile oeuvre down the years. Naturally, 8.45-10 PM 8.30-9.30 PM companions, a fantastic evening full of surprises is guaranteed. November Music pays due attention to this festive moment. € 16 / € 8 € 18 / € 9 In their tragicomic music theatre piece Het Arsenaal der And with all eyes on Daan Manneke, a concert by the Cappella Ongeleefde Dingen (The Arsenal of Things that Never Were), Breda choir, which he founded in 1976, should be part of the composed / choirs composed / music Nas and Hocks explore the lives that we do not experience as proceedings. & visuals we make other choices. Cappella Breda, led by Elisabeth Blom, presents a varied

It is the first time that Mayke Nas, a former Composer Laureate, concert programme for choir as well as solo^ works for harp has created such a large-scale music theatre work. November and accordion. Daan Manneke, who turns 80 on 7 November Music asked her to take up this challenge. The festival has 2019, aka today, has decided to celebrate his birthday in presented work by the highly original composer, who manages ’s-Hertogenbosch. Today, he is our guest of honour. to surprise the audience time and again with her unique approach, since 2000. Accessible music that does not shy away His characteristic choir works Psalm 122 and the from humour and absurdity. Psalmenrequiem will be played during this concert. The requiem, with a harp accompaniment, shows Manneke’s deep Fantasy and light-hearted humour meet in miraculous ways love for the psalm repertoire. In addition, Cappella Breda sings in the oeuvre of Dutch artist Teun Hocks. His art stirs the choir works by Sweelinck and Messiaen who continue to be imagination and puts a comforting smile on people’s faces. inexhaustible sources of inspiration for Manneke.

42 43 NEW MUSIC CONFERENCE 2019 Tim Rutherford-Johnson opens the New Music Conference. Buma / November Music The English writer, speaker, and teacher made a big impression with his first book, Music after the Fall: Modern Composition Fri 8 Nov Are you working professionally in the music field and do you and Culture since 1989, published in 2017. As a connoisseur Verkadefabriek feel completely at home with November Music’s programming? of 20th and 21st century music, he will zoom in on the latest (various rooms) Then the New Music Conference on Friday 8 November 2019 international developments regarding composition and 10 AM-6 PM in Verkadefabriek may be just your ticket. The initiative was performance in his keynote speech. c 30 (until 1 Nov) / taken by Buma in collaboration with November Music. A day Numerous topical themes that are relevant to a career in new c 50 (after 1 Nov) of inspiring presentations, pitches, workshops, and panel music will be discussed in the course of the day. discussions on topics that matter to composers, performers, November Music has an ample track record as a festival that Tickets for the New programmers, publishers, record labels, managers, and is valuable to global music business professionals working in Music Conference booking agents. different genres and disciplines. are sold on a A collaboration with Buma (Dutch collecting society) on building different website Share your knowledge and experiences and extend your bridges between the creative and the business side was a see p. 45 (international) network during well-facilitated matchmaking logical next step. sessions or simply in the corridors. Attending the conference does not mean you have to sit still and listen all the time. Would you like to take part in the New Music Conference? Ambling around and engaging is at least equally important! Register online via www.newmusicconference.nl 44 45 NEGENDE STRIJKKWARTET W.A.L.L. GEORG FRIEDRICH HAAS AART STROOTMAN Quertetto Maurice TEMKO / Slagwerk Den Haag

Fri 8 Nov The string quartets of the Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas From firewalls to check-in gates; nobody can escape ‘the wall’. Fri 8 Nov Willem Twee offer unforgettable physical experiences. Several of his quartets – Historically, walls are often bad news. The Dutch composer, Theater aan de Toonzaal such as the Third and the Ninth – are played in complete darkness. instrument builder and guitarist Aart Strootman has made it Parade Pleinzaal 12.30-1.15 PM Never-before-heard sounds in a just intonation will spin inside your his mission to break down as many walls as possible; between 7-8 PM € 16 / € 8 head as the sensory music starts to possess you. The musicians musical genres as well as artistic disciplines. c 18 / c 9 reach for magical notes in the darkness; the audience is fully composed immersed. For his newly commissioned work W.A.L.L., Strootman composed – the winner of the Gaudeamus Award 2017 and the Matthijs Haas finished his String Quartet No. 9 in 2016. It exemplifies his Vermeulen Award 2019 – invented and built a new set of composition style in a masterly manner. Unusual or even unheard instruments. Using microtonal tubular bells, guitars, and of tunings, scintillating tension arcs, and a huge sense of musical glass marimbas he created spectacular walls of sound. The drama. Haas wrote the work for the American Jack Quartet. The instruments can be played live and/or images can be projected Italian Quartetto Maurice will play this magnum opus for the first on them. time at November Music. Strootman’s commissioned piece is performed by TEMKO, Please note! This concert takes place in complete darkness. of which he is a member. The trio shifts freely back and forth between composed music, minimal or ambient music, progrock, and improvisations. Specifically for this concert, the ensemble has been augmented with some musicians of Slagwerk Den Haag and the guitarists Wiek Hijmans and Pete Harden.

46 47 METROPOLE ORKEST & COLIN BENDERS ENSEMBLE MODERN / SARAH MARIA SUN / METROPOLE ORKEST & IBEYI UELI WIGET Iris ter Schiphorst / Enno Poppe / Zeynep Gedizlioglu / György Ligeti

Fri 8 Nov The Metropole Orchestra has been a regular guest at Zappa, Reich, or Ligeti … No composer can, or should ignore Fri 8 Nov Theater aan de November Music over the past years. At this edition of the Ensemble Modern. The German collective is among the cream Verkadefabriek Parade Grote Zaal festival, the orchestra plays an exclusive double concert with of the crop of contemporary music ensembles while composer Grote Zaal 8.30-11 PM special guests Colin Benders and Ibeyi. Iris ter Schiphorst’s new piece is eagerly anticipated. With a 8.45-10 PM € 32 / € 16 background in rock and electronic music, Ter Schiphorst excels € 22 / € 11 Earlier, Colin Benders caused quite a stir with his Kyteman at works that make a high dramatic impact. She connected the rock / jazz / Orchestra. These days, the multitalented musician is very top soprano Sarah Maria Sun with the ensemble, led by Enno composed electronics focused on the wondrous world of analogue synthesizers. Poppe, for tonight’s premiere. His impressive synthesizer set-up and live performances are explosive. He presents an energetic concert, brimming with The evening would be incomplete without an unforgettable compelling rhythms that also includes dreamy sounds. classic from the contemporary repertoire. Therefore, Ensemble Modern presents György Ligeti’s Piano Concerto. After the intermission, the Metropole Orchestra shows itself Virtuoso piano art with a passionate heart. Pianist Ueli from a very different side. The French-Cuban twin sisters and Wiget plays the meaty solo part. In addition, Poppe leads the singers Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz perform as Ibeyi. An ensemble through the energetic sound splendour of his own enchanting duo; Beyoncé is a fan. Ibeyi’s music is a sensuous piece Scherben and acquaints us with a new work by young mix of R&B, soul, fusion jazz, and innovative electronica with Turkish composer, Zeynep Gedizlioglu. dazzling vocals in English and deep Nigerian Yoruba influences. 48 49 THE ITALIAN CONNECTION THIS IS (NOT) A FAIRY TALE QUARTETTO MAURICE ANNE-MAARTJE LEMEREIS / Giuliano Bracci / Zeno Baldi / Giacinto Scelsi / Fausto Romitelli KENZA KOUTCHOUKALI

Sat 9 Nov The Italian string quartet, Quartetto Maurice, presents a In the course of 12 songs, the darkly comical This is (not) a Sat 9 Nov Willem Twee special programme which comprises compositions of their Fairy Tale introduces Stella, a young woman who frenetically Theater Artemis Toonzaal compatriots. For instance, the Tutto chiudi negli occhi quartet tries to escape from her everyday reality by pretending she is a Benedenzaal 12.30-1.45 PM of promising composer Giuliano Bracci. Zeno Baldi’s Ruggine, princess. Vocalist Merlijn Runia, pianist Anne-Maartje Lemereis, 2-3 PM € 16 / € 8 a new work for quartet and electronica, specifically written and violinist Eva Traa sing sinister themes in a humoristic € 14 / € 7 for the Quartetto Maurice, also features on the programme. manner in this commissioned piece. A theatrical song cycle composed / On top of this, the Italian ensemble plays one of the classical with rebellious musicians, in collaboration with Kameroperahuis composed / music electronics quartets composed by the Italian maestro Giacinto Scelsi, who Zwolle. theatre managed to squeeze gracious beauty from a handful of notes. Finally, there are the icily magnificent electronic string sounds Anne-Maartje Lemereis sees composing and performing as of Natura Morta Con Fiamme (1991), composed by Fausto inextricably linked. She playfully invites her listeners to enter her Romitelli, who died far too soon. vivacious sound world. The theatre and opera director Kenza Koutchoukali has worked for the Dutch National Opera, among others.

50 51 NIEUWE NOTEN DE TOVERFLUIT (7+) JAMES OESI / VINCENT VAN AMSTERDAM De Toneelmakerij / Silbersee / Genevieve Murphy Christiaan Richter / Merijn Bisschops / Aya Yoshida / Boris Bezemer / A. Crespo Barba / Thomas Power

Sat 9 Nov For this double programme, the accordionist Vincent van Mozart is unrivalled when it comes to conjuring up Sat 9 Nov Babel Hofzaal Amsterdam asked two Dutch composers to write a solo work unadulterated dream worlds in his operas. One of his best- Theater aan de 2-3.15 PM for accordion. Christiaan Richter is a rising star whose work loved works is the opera De Toverfluit (The Magic Flute). Prince Parade Grote Zaal € 14 / € 7 was recently played by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Tamino uses a magic flute to rescue his beloved Pamina, who 3.30-4.45 PM Now he has composed an accordion solo, Afbuigingsjuk. has been kidnapped. € 13 / € 6.50 composed His influences include the musical intensity of saxophonist Silbersee and De Toneelmakerij’s family performance De John Coltrane, the radical purity of electronic music, and Toverfluit has a slightly unusual ending. It morphs into a music theatre / Bach. Merijn Bisschops’ composition Far-field features subtle marvellous space fairy-tale that includes a cosmic all-star fight family performance microtonal effects and unusual accordion registers, loosely between the Sun and the Night. inspired by an abstract photograph of rows of trees in the mist. Astronaut Tamino and his buddy, star-catcher Papageno, In collaboration with Grachtenfestival and Gaudeamus cross the galaxy in search of the splendid Pamina. Composer Muziekweek, November Music challenged composers between Genevieve Murphy shines a new light on Mozart’s timeless 10 and 35 years to write a new solo work for contrabassist opera. A wild spectacle with room for beatboxers, opera James Oesi, who plays the four prize-winning compositions this singers, performers, and a female bagpipe player. afternoon.

52 53 A MANUAL TOWARDS THE TRUTH BIOPHONICA BRANDAN FAEGRE / ROBIN COOPS / EVELIEN VAN DEN BROEK JONATHAN BONNY Dutch composer and performer Evelien van den Broek’s pieces Sat 9 Nov Sat 9 Nov Social media are supposed to connect and inspire people have regularly been presented at November Music. Her latest Babel Pleitzaal Verkadefabriek around the world. The question is, are they not doing precisely work, Biophonica, is a response to the ongoing mass extinction 4-4.45 PM Kleine Zaal the opposite by isolating us in small echo chambers, where our due to human interference. Animals die on a huge scale and we € 14 / € 7 4-4.45 PM own ideas are reflected back at us? are so alienated from nature that these developments appear to € 14 / € 7 pass us by. Electronic beats, natural sounds, and silence merge composed / A Manual Towards The Truth was created by composer/ into each other with the help of eco-soundscapes, trumpet, and electronics / rock composed / percussionist Brendan Faegre, percussionist Jonathan Bonny, analogue synthesizers. performance / and director/ singer Robin Coops. An audiovisual trip that The music celebrates the strangeness, wondrousness, and electronics relates how our curiosity is being censored. Music, theatre, diversity of nature and simultaneously mourns the roughness choreography, light, and scenery converge in a powerful and aggression of its demise. As well as electronics and and ritualistic experience. The production is part musical trumpet, the nature recordings of the American musician and performance and part audiovisual installation. soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause play a prominent part. Van den Broek looks for answers in Biophonica, supported by trumpet player Mark Nieuwenhuis. 54 55 THE BODY IMITATES THE LANDSCAPE IVES ENSEMBLE CLAUDIO F. BARONI / ADI HOLLANDER Richard Rijnvos / Willem Boogman / Alexandra Roozen MAZE

Sat 9 Nov Visitors to the Willem Twee Kunstruimte can immerse The Ives Ensemble honours the beauty of Dutch contemporary Sat 9 Nov Willem Twee themselves in the pleasure of pure sound vibrations. Composer music with a Willem Boogman premiere and recent work by Willem Twee Kunstruimte Claudio F. Baroni and artist Adi Hollander have installed an Richard Rijnvos, who found inspiration for Riflesso sullo spazio Toonzaal 4-5 & 7-8 PM electronic sound garden, based on a Japanese design with in Arnold Schoenberg’s Suite Op. 29. Whereas the nature 6.45-8.15 PM € 14 / € 7 waterbeds and benches. These are very special beds and of Schoenberg’s work is often hectic, Rijnvos mainly strives € 18 / € 9 benches, for the relaxing locations contain built-in speakers for quietude and contemplation. Willem Boogman engaged composed / that translate music into sound vibrations. in collaboration with visual artist Alexandra Roozen, who composed electronics / As you take a rest, you will feel the vibrations throughout produced a series of works that she turned into a film in which installation your body. Music that is not just heard but also felt. the sound of drawing is as important as the visual result. The film is shown first and then the premiere concert starts in Baroni wrote a composition for the adventurous ensemble which Boogman gives his musical view. ‘The gradually evolving MAZE that will be performed live as part of the installation. compositions of Richard Rijnvos always create suspense... Softly whispering voices slowly melt into dreamlike harmonic Riflesso sullo spazio offers a string of steadily undulating or spheres. shifting harmonic fields that are subtly different each time’ (****) de Volkskrant

56 57 TODOS LOS FUEGOS EL FUEGO ASKO|SCHÖNBERG / WU WEI / MIRIAM OVERLACH MAXIM SHALYGIN Wilbert Bulsink / Huang Ro / Ondrej Adámek / Unsuk Chin Amstel Quartet / Keuris Quartet

Sat 9 Nov Mystical music with a high intensity and dramatic power. Composers can find inspiration everywhere and in anything Sat 9 Nov Verkadefabriek Composer Maxim Shalygin narrates a musical story with great in their search for aural beauty and surprising timbres. For Theater aan de Clubzaal dramatic tension in his new commissioned work, Todos los instance, exotic instruments and non-western tunings as Parade Pleinzaal 6.45-8 PM fuegos el fuego. The piece was written for eight saxophonists well as self-built musical instruments. Asko|Schoenberg, led 8.45-10 PM € 18 / € 9 from top ensembles Amstel Quartet and Keuris Quartet. by conductor Bas Wiegers, presents a brilliant evening of € 20 / € 10 Shalygin’s source of inspiration was the eponymous novel of concerts overflowing with unexpected sounds and colours. composed / the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar. Magic-realistic stories that Contemporary music with more than a dash of eastern mystery. composed minimal seem within reach one moment and far outside our conceivable The Dutch composer Wilbert Bulsink was lauded for his 2018 world the next. enchanting harp concert Spelingen, for Miriam Overlach. The ensemble also plays The Lost Garden by the Chinese- ‘...An idiom in which wildly heterogeneous style elements American Huang Ruo, a former composer in residence at enter into a strange symbiosis. Endlessly rising clusters, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, in addition to Unsuk Chin’s pulsating tone carpets with a minimalist bend, poetic-melodic Fantaisie Mécanique. intermezzos, and a quasi-orthodox hymn that grinds to a halt amid demisemitone wailing. Supported by the fantastic players Ondrej Adámek made big waves with instruments he made of the Keuris and Amstel Quartets, Shalygin kneaded the whole himself. His latest composition, Lost Prayer Book, is a solo shebang into a perfectly logical and self-willed discourse.’ NRC concert for Chinese mouth organ aka sheng. None other than Handelsblad the sheng virtuoso Wu Wei will show what the instrument is capable of. This spectacular work was partially commissioned by November Music. 58 59 7-8 PM Free Desmyter & Bassem Hawar Project COLOURS OF 8.45-9.45 PM Avishai Cohen Quartet IMPROVISATION 10.30-11.30 PM Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Tineke Postma

FREE DESMYTER & BASSEM HAWAR Sat 9 Nov Takenouchi Documents Verkadefabriek The Belgian pianist Free Desmyter is fascinated by authentic Grote Zaal Takenouchi documents from Japan; ancient writings that 7-11.30 PM describe the history of humanity in a colourful and visionary € 32 / € 16 way. These enigmatic documents offer Desmyter plenty of jazz / world / ingredients for an impressive piece of music. Classical music, composed oriental influences, and Arabic improvisations go hand in hand. Desmyter has assembled an 11-piece orchestra with leading roles for Bassem Hawar (djoze), Saad Mahmood Jawad (oud), and Khaled Alhafez (vocals).

AVISHAI COHEN QUARTET The Israeli trumpeter Avishai Cohen has become one of the most important representatives of the global contemporary jazz scene thanks to his individual sound and wide open creative visor. The New York Times described him as ‘An extravagantly skilled trumpeter, relaxed and soulful... he deftly combined sensitivity and flair’. Cohen communicates with his quartet in an almost telepathic manner; the overall band sound is always his priority.

From cutting-edge MARCIN WASILEWSKI TRIO & TINEKE POSTMA improvisations to Arabic sounds Pianist Marcin Wasilewski’s trio has been regarded as the and cinematic, impressionistic most important Polish jazz group for over a quarter century. jazz explorations. This year, It played with well-known trumpeter and composer Tomasz too, Colours of Improvisation Stanko for many years. The band will share the stage with offers a spectacular colour another wind instrumentalist, Tineke Postma, at November fan of musical expressions Music 2019. The Dutch saxophonist and Boy Edgar Prize at the intersection of jazz, winner’s elegant power sound is acclaimed internationally. She improvisation, and world music. collaborated with top-class musicians such as Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis, and Dan Weiss on her latest album.

61 LOOP-COPY-MUTATE: BALL GAMES GENETIC CHOIR

Genetic Choir is no ordinary choir. The international ensemble Fri 8 Nov champions contemporary music and instant composition. It 4-5 PM often allocates a proactive role to the audience. The ensemble also likes to collaborate with specialists from other disciplines. Sat 9 Nov For the project Loop-Copy-Mutate the group goes head to head 8.30-9.30 PM with everyday urban sounds. It engages in totally unexpected Babel compositions and improvisations alongside laptop specialist free Robert van Heumen. The Genetic Choir has developed a new angle for November Music, from which to approach Loop-Copy- choirs / Mutate: sport sounds. In basketball city ’s-Hertogenbosch, the performance ensemble joins forces with basketball club Black Eagles. No sport rivals basketball when it comes to producing intense sounds. An ideal starting point for Loop-Copy-Mutate: Ball Games.

BRABANT KOOR Alfred Momotenko / Sergej Rachmaninov

Sat 9 Nov Many choir lovers agree that Sergei Rachmaninov’s Vespers Jheronimus Bosch (1915) is among the most wondrous vocal music ever Art Center written. The Russian composer composed his masterpiece 8.45-9.45 PM at a tumultuous time. The choir cycle runs directly counter € 18 / € 9 to Schoenberg and Stravinsky’s musical revolutions. Rachmaninov based Vespers, which is still very popular, PLUG composed / choirs on the rich tradition of the Russian-Orthodox all-night vigil. Dictaphone / Tomaga / Graham Dunning

Brabant Choir under conductor Louis Buskens performs Topical sound experiments and exciting musical performances. Sat 9 Nov some movements of this breath-taking work alongside a PLUG sees the team that organises the successful annual Werkwarenhuis contemporary choral work by composer Alfred Momotenko. FAQ Festival in ’s-Hertogenbosch give an overview of today’s 9 AM-3 PM NTR ZaterdagMatinee invited him to complete a companion most relevant acts on the interface of electronica, rock, and € 10 / € 5 piece for Rachmaninovs Vespers: Na Strastnoy (‘Holy Week’) experimental music. One of the groups is Dictaphone, from in 2017. Berlin, with as central member the multi-instrumentalist Oliver rock / electronics / Momotenko’s point of departure was Boris Pasternak’s Doerell. This year, for the first time, PLUG takes place in the installations eponymous poem. De Volkskrant called Momotenko’s choral vibrant surroundings of the WerkWarenHuis. work ‘A worthy counterpart for Rachmaninov’s Vespers’. Please visit our website to view the full programme 62 63 STRING QUARTET NO. 2 DE PARAPLU (4+) MORTON FELDMAN Nicoline Soeter / Klaartje van Veldhoven / Renée Bekkers a/o Ragazze Quartet

Sun 10 Nov Immerse yourself in the serene sound universe of one of the Quibus is a little dog that finds a red umbrella. It looks very Sun 10 Nov Willem Twee most illustrious string quartets of the 20th century: Morton ordinary. Until the wind lifts it up and Quibus has to come along Verkadefabriek Toonzaal Feldman’s String Quartet No. 2 (1983). The work lasts no less for the ride! He is blown around the world and has fantastic Kleine Zaal 12-5.30 PM than five hours and it breaks all records, for players as well adventures. He dances on the clouds, dives into the ocean, 1-1.45 & 3-3.45 PM € 18 / € 9 as listeners. Being able to sit still could be handy although hangs between bats. And in the end, he just wants to be back in € 10 / € 5 the otherworldly music will sweep you along in any case. his own bed. composed After surrendering to Feldman’s trancelike sound patterns, music theatre / resistance is futile. The lively music theatre performance De Paraplu (The children’s concert Umbrella) by composer Nicoline Soeter and vocalist Klaartje Feldman’s music is sometimes compared to the fine-mazed van Veldhoven is based on the eponymous picture book weave of oriental carpets (Feldman himself was a passionate created by Ingrid and Dieter Schubert. The little black dog is a collector). The performance of Feldman’s String Quartet No. classic hero to many. Fly along with Nicoline Soeter’s sonorous 2 was one of the highlights of the last Minimal Music Festival atmospheric music, Annechien Koerselman’s imaginative in Amsterdam. The Ragazze Quartet creates extraordinary direction, and Floortje Schoevaart’s funny texts. musical moments at every edition of November Music. This concert, too, promises to be a unique experience.

64 65 TIGRAN HAMASYAN YAZZ AHMED with special guest Mathias Eick

Sun 10 Nov Jazz aficionados have already put this date in their diary: Yazz Ahmed is a prime example of a highly original musical Sun 10 Nov Verkadefabriek a meeting between the iconic musical gourmands Tigran voice in the flourishing British jazz scene. The British/Bahraini Verkadefabriek Grote Zaal Hamasyan and Mathias Eick. Tigran hails from Armenia and trumpeter mixes elements from Arabic music, electronica, Clubzaal 1.30-2.45 PM embodies his very own contemporary jazz category. “Tigran and jazz into an intoxicating and sometimes even psychedelic 3.30-5 PM € 22 / € 11 jazz” is an abundant fountain of refreshing musical ideas. No whole. € 16 / € 8 genre is safe. Like a gold digger, the pianist searches for gems jazz / world in folk music, American jazz, progmetal, postrock. Everything Ahmed collaborated with a raft of musicians and groups, jazz / world he finds is formed together into a walloping and idiosyncratic ranging from Radiohead and Nile Rodgers to Arturo O’Farrill. amalgam. Her album La Saboteuse (2017) did not go unnoticed and was favourably reviewed. The Wire elected it as Jazz Album of the During this special concert, Tigran will be accompanied by Year. Her new album Polyhymnia will be issued by Ropeadope the Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick who combines space Records in October. Ahmed plays with her regular quartet at and silence with compelling melodies derived from folk and November Music. rock. His freewheeling jazz jaunts are much appreciated by big names such as , , and the band Jaga Jazzist. 66 67 COLLEGIUM VOCALE EINDHOVEN THIRTY SITUATIONS Gerard Beljon JOËL BONS AD PARNASSUM Nieuw Ensemble Calliope Tsoupaki / Mathilde Wantenaar / Maurice van Loon

Sun 10 Nov A double concert in two marvellous locations. Collegium Composer Joël Bons’ sophisticated piece Nomaden, for the Sun 10 Nov Grote Kerk & Vocale Eindhoven under Ruud Huijbregts sings the newly exotic Atlas Ensemble, was an instant classic. Bons has Verkadefabriek Jheronimus Bosch commissioned work Planctus Cygni by Gerard Beljon, with received the prestigious American Grawemeyer Award for this Grote Zaal Art Center leading roles for the sopranos Rianne Wilbers and Sabra El work since then. Propelled by his successful master’s piece, 8.30-9.45 PM 4.15-4.45 & Bahri Khatri as well as duduk player Raphaela Danksagmüller. Bons subsequently composed Thirty Situations, an impassioned € 20 / € 10 5.30-6 PM It starts at 4.15 PM. Spiritual music in which past and present ode to the versatility and daring of Nieuw Ensemble under € 18 / € 9 blend. The content links to the refugee crisis in Europe. Beljon conductor Ed Spanjaard. Het Parool wrote, ‘A grandiose new composed likes to interweave sounds from East and West with the sacral piece that continues to engross for the entire hour.’ The subject composed / choirs intensity of early music. matter is the contrast between fragmentation and continuity. We often experience life as disconnected and yet it is a The Ad Parnassum chamber choir under conductor Anthony constant flow. The work is a succession of fragmented elements Zielhorst performs Paraklitikon by festival composer Calliope presented as a large continuum – a mosaic of various ‘situations’ Tsoupaki in the Jheronimus Bosch Art Center at 5.30 PM. For in alternating musical flows. this piece, she combined two succinct Greek psalm texts with slowly shifting music in a subtly bifurcated voice web. Music Financial problems are forcing Nieuw Ensemble to discontinue as a vocal cloud. Pieces by two younger Dutch composers, its activities, after 39 years, at the end of 2019. November Maurice van Loon and upcoming talent Mathilde Wantenaar, Music is proud to stage one of the last concerts by this fantastic are bookending the Tsoupaki classic. ensemble during the festival’s closing night.

68 69 SOUND INSTALLATIONS Free of entrance THE BODY IMITATES THE LANDSCAPE Claudio F. Baroni / Adi Hollander

Sat 2, Sun 3, Composer Claudio F. Baroni and artist Adi Hollander have Sat 9 & Sun 10 installed an electronic sound garden, based on a Japanese 11 AM-5 PM design, with waterbeds and benches. Very special beds Mon 4 through and benches, for inside these relaxing locations are built-in Wed 6 Nov speakers that translate music into sound vibrations. Sun 3 Nov 9 AM-5.30 PM Fri 1, Thur 7 & Fri 8 A live concert will take place inside the installation on Saturday 9 AM-7 PM 9 November at 4 & 7 PM Kunst Willem Twee Kunstruimte muziek 4’33 Germaine Sijstermans / Bart van Dongen / Richard Venlet / Route Ekaterina Kaplunova / Florette Dijkstra

Sat 2 & Sun 3 Nov The audience can take a break from the hustle and bustle of On foot or rather by bike? This is one of many dilemmas that you Sun 3 Nov 12.30-5 PM the festival in 4’33. The installation Auditorium For Distracted may face during November Music’s ‘traditional’ ArtmusicRoute. Various locations Intelligence by artists Richard Venlet and Ekaterina Kaplunova Beautiful locations in the city centre will open their doors to 11.30 AM-6 PM Mon 4 through can be experienced in Mieke van Schaijk’s gallery (formerly audiences wanting to attend concerts between 11.30 AM € 22 / € 11 Sun 10 Nov Artuarium). The opening is on Saturday 2 November, at 12.30 and 6 PM. A single ticket gives you the opportunity to choose 2-5 PM PM, with a reading by artist Florette Dijkstra. Clarinettist from some 25 different concerts and performances. You can Galerie Mieke Germaine Sijstermans performs in the chapel accompanied by compose your own programme in this way. Most concerts van Schaijk her ensemble, and Bart van Dongen plays a vintage harmonium are performed multiple times to make the choice easier. And from 4 through 10 November between 3.30 and 4.30 PM. During whereas the concerts are arranged in routes, these are merely his performances, Van Dongen enters into dialogue with other suggestions. musicians as well as with Venlet and Kaplunova’s installation. HOW DOES IT WORK? RETURN TO ZERO You can exchange your ArtmusicRoute ticket for a wristband at Mathijn den Duijf / Mathijs Leeuwis any concert location on the day. The wristband provides access to all concerts. There are limited places at each concert so make Tues 5 & A shared love for analogue electronic music, organic sure you arrive on time. Once the maximum number has been Wed 6 Nov soundscapes, and tape loops fuelled an intensive collaboration reached, no one will be allowed into the venue. Wristbands can 7-8 PM between Mathijn den Duijf and Mathijs Lcenturyis and saw them also be bought on the door at various locations. Verkadefabriek develop a fully analogue sound installation that is continuously See page 72 and further for more information on the Matzer subject to change. Tape loops, regular instruments, and external ArtmusicRoute concerts. The schedule can be found sounds are forged into new aural landscapes on the spot. on pages 12 & 13.

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FOR THE TIME BEING / TRANSIT MICHEL VAN DER AA Nieuw Amsterdams Peil

Nieuw Amsterdams Peil’s programme features two works by 1.30-2 PM & composer Michel van der Aa, one of the most renowned and 2.30-3 PM laurelled Dutch composers. Babel Pleitzaal Van der Aa found inspiration for the three-movement For the time being in the writings of the Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy. composed / rock His intensely poetic cycle is performed by violinist Heleen Hulst, pianist Gerard Bouwhuis, soprano Bernadeta Astari, and contrabassist Dario Calderone. Bouwhuis also plays a leading role in the impressive performance Transit in which the pianist’s movements engage in mysterious interaction with the movements of a screen actor.

REMY. X BAND

4.15-5.30 PM The Dutch harpist Remy van Kesteren became an established POLAR (PREVIEW) Willem Twee name in classical music at record pace. And yet, he has HELGE SLIKKER Poppodium radically changed course and given free rein to his appetite for rock. He worked with the celebrated British singer-songwriter Iceland’s desolate landscapes are fascinating to singer- 12-12.45 PM & rock / and producer Fink on his latest album Shadows. The harpist songwriter Helge Slikker. The myths and legends are a source 2-2.45 PM minimal music / says his influences include the atmospheric experiments by of inspiration for his new theatrical concert Polar; he will present Verkadefabriek electronics acts such as Bon Iver, James Blake, and Radiohead. Drummer a preview at November Music 2019. He submerges himself in Kleine Zaal Mischa Porte, hornist Morris Kliphuis, and keyboardist Jasper an imaginative world, together with producer/musician Dave Slijderink join him on the stage. Menkehorst as well as with the audience. Madeleine Matzer singer-songwriter is his artistic adviser 72 73 CALLIOPE CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI TSOUPAKI ROUTE ROUTE KUNST KUNST MUZIEK MUZIEK ROUTE ROUTE

ERIC VLOEIMANS & MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN ERIK BOSGRAAF 1.30-2 PM, A trumpet meeting between top jazz musicians from the Calliope Tsoupaki 2.30-3 PM & Netherlands and Germany. Markus Stockhausen is a musical 3.30-4 PM boundary-straddler who deftly skims over the higher regions Concerts featuring recorder player Erik Bosgraaf are an intense 1.30-2 PM & Grote Kerk of jazz, contemporary composed music, and world music. Eric experience. ‘Bosgraaf’s virtuosity and, above all, his indisputable 2.30-3 PM Vloeimans barely requires an introduction. Owing to his love understanding of every note are impressive,’ wrote Dutch daily Museum Slager jazz / composed for atmospheric experiments, he is an ideal sparring partner for NRC Handelsblad. Calliope Tsoupaki, the current Composer Stockhausen. Apart from the duo works, Vloeimans plays a solo Laureate of the Netherlands, has written a brand-new piece for composed work that festival composer Calliope Tsoupaki wrote specifically him as part of a series of solo works for various instruments that for him. The encounter promises to be a true sound fest, are being performed live at Podium Witteman this year. Bosgraaf considering the Grote Kerk’s generous acoustics. will also enter into a brief improvisation duet with ney player Sinan Arat.

NARCISSUS CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI MATTHIJS KOENE Heleen Hulst & Gerard Bouwhuis Calliope Tsoupaki / Steve Reich / Ron Ford / Bruno Culotti

4.30-5 PM Pianist Gerard Bouwhuis and violinist Heleen Hulst reprise Matthijs Koene is regarded worldwide as one of today’s most 11.30 AM-12 PM & Babel Pleitzaal Tsoupaki’s successful piece Narcissus, commissioned by prominent panpipe players. His vision and manner of playing 12.30-1 PM November Music in 2013. Six years later, the composer have expanded the technical possibilities and expression of the Babel Hofzaal composed has arranged the chamber music work for violin and piano. instrument. Composers such as , , Narcissus is a musical drama in the purest sense of the word, and Martijn Padding wrote pieces for him. Koene plays a diverse composed i.e. without text, libretto, or song but full of dramatic tension, concert at the ArtmusicRoute. The programme includes Reed albeit in a chamber music setting. Phase by Steve Reich and two of Calliope Tsoupaki’s recent works. Erik Bosgraaf is a special guest. 74 75 EAST EAST & WEST & WEST ROUTE ROUTE KUNST KUNST MUZIEK MUZIEK ROUTE ROUTE

MOTAMEDI TONY OVERWATER Chamber Choir JIP / Ghaeth Almaghoot / Nawras Altaky MAYA YOUSSEF TRIO Composer Tony Overwater combines the eternal melodic glow 1.30-2 PM & 3.30-4.45 PM Maya Youssef from Syria creates passionate magic on of choir singing with the compelling solo playing of oud player 3.30-4 PM Verkadefabriek the qanûn, an elegant traditional table harp from the Middle Nawras Altaky and clarinettist Ghaeth Almaghoot in his choir Noordbrabants Clubzaal East. She is a superb musician who is highly attuned to the work Motamedi. Overwater has expressed his passion for Museum Statenzaal times we live in as she subtly blends Arabic melodies with eastern music in numerous projects over many years. Chamber world / jazz / elements from flamenco and jazz. Traces of Turkish and Choir JIP, together with both soloists, premiered Motamedi in world / composed / composed Armenian folk music can also be found in her playing. Youssef 2018. Visitors are also treated to high-spirited improvisations choirs is a real star in the UK; she performed at The Proms. ‘Amid the by the Almaghoot and Altaky duo. Chamber Choir JIP will sing rich Middle Eastern textures are echoes of everything from a second choir work. baroque strings to Philip Glass,’ as The Financial Times wrote in praise of her music.

SINAN ARAT SEBASTIAAN VAN BAVEL TRIO ft. Chiranjib Chakraborty & Niti Ranjan Biswas The tenuous and mysterious sounds of the ney touch the heart. 11.30 AM-12 PM & Turkish musician Sinan Arat, who lives in the Netherlands, is a 12.30-1 PM 12.30-1.15 PM & November Music gave carte blanch to pianist Sebastiaan master on this flute from the Middle East. His refined breathing Museum Slager 1.45-2.30 PM van Bavel, who won a Jazz Edison with his trio five years technique enables him to capture the magic of the moment Verkadefabriek ago. The music they play contains elements of western jazz, like no other as he seduces the audience with emotive sounds world Clubzaal intermingled with classical Indian music. His engagement with that break all barriers. Arat has worked successfully with the the Indian improvisational arts has deepened as a result of this Netherlands Wind Ensemble and shone in the music theatre jazz / world special project. Singer Chiranjib Chakraborty and tabla player performance Casablanca by Matzer Theaterproducties in the Niti Ranjan Biswas are featured guests. spring. 76 77 HCMF HCMF ROUTE ROUTE KUNST KUNST MUZIEK MUZIEK ROUTE ROUTE

TRANCE MAP EVAN PARKER & MATT WRIGHT

Saxophonist Evan Parker is the icon of British improvised 1-1.30 PM, music. He turned 75 in the spring and still manages to astound 3-3.30 PM & everyone with his perfect technique and famous circular 5-5.30 PM breathing. Parker has a fabulously impressive track record; Jazzwerkplaats he collaborated with Peter Brötzmann, Michael Nyman, John Zorn, Fred Frith, and David Sylvian. His love for live electronic jazz music will get a new lease of life at the ArtmusicRoute. Together with the British composer (and turntable and sample artist) Matt Wright he presents the Trance Map project; a sound tapestry of field recordings, record collages, samples, and live processing acts as the springboard for Parker’s avant-garde sax improvisations.

THE RIOT ENSEMBLE Rebecca Saunders / Laurence Osborn

11.30 AM-12 PM, The young English composer Laurence Osborn is one of the ZUBIN KANGA 1-1.30 PM, most remarkable and active British musical talents of the Alexander Schubert / Nicole Lizée 2.30-3 PM & moment. He is George Benjamin’s student. This year alone, he 4-16.30 PM has been writing new work for the Britten Sinfonia and the New The British pianist Zubin Kanga has made a name for himself 2-2.30 PM, Willem Twee London Chamber Choir. His three-movement song cycle Ctrl. with his highly original take on the modern piano recital. Kanga 3.30-4 PM & Toonzaal can be heard at the ArtmusicRoute. interacts with virtual technology, animation art, film, and 3D 5-5.30 PM Rebecca Saunders’ recent probing piece Stirrings Still III for techniques during his performances. He has already worked Verkadefabriek composed seven musicians will also be performed. The work is made up with composers such as Thomas Adès and Steve Reich. When Cabaretfirma of static sound structures that offer ever-changing perspectives executing Alexander Schubert’s WIKI-PIANO.NET, Kanga and vistas, according to the composer. invites the audience to contribute live to the creation of the composed The Riot Ensemble from London – which will perform work by music piece. On top of this, the pianist plays Scorcese Etudes Georg Friedrich Haas on 2 November – has played more than by the Canadian composer Nicole Lizée, in which iconic film 200 British and world premiere concerts since 2012. fragments from director Martin Scorsese’s oeuvre provide explosive sample materials for a virtuoso piano piece. 78 79 PERCUSSION PERCUSSION ROUTE ROUTE KUNST KUNST MUZIEK MUZIEK ROUTE ROUTE

BROKEN MIRRORS BRENDAN FAEGRE

12-12.30 PM, The American drummer, composer, and bandleader Brendan 2-2.30 PM & Faegre writes intense and almost physical works that can be 4-4.30 PM heard as well as felt. Influences from rock, minimal, jazz, and Pand 18 even Hindustani music collide with each other in his pieces. Faegre adds dramatic elements to his compositions at certain composed / rock / points. Broken Mirrors is a journey for drums, analogue minimal music synthesizer, and backing tracks that takes half an hour. A one-man band with the composer at the helm. The audience is agreeably surrounded by live drum sounds and an effervescent soundscape.

HOW TO PLAY THE TRIANGLE: ON BERNSTEIN, CHA-CHA & SONGS TATIANA KOLEVA & YOUTH PERCUSSION POOL Leonard Bernstein / Vanessa Lann / David Dramm a/o

TIERKREIS, A MUSIC FASHION FILM Did you ever want to be part of an orchestra? Let’s start the 1-1.30 PM, NEREA VERA easy way by playing the triangle. Piece of cake? Or maybe 3-3.30 PM & not... Take up this challenge with the Youth Percussion Pool and 5.30-6 PM 12.30-1 PM & The German avant-garde pioneer Karlheinz Stockhausen percussionist Tatiana Koleva. Leonard Bernstein’s inspiring Verkadefabriek 1.30-2 PM used the twelve signs of the zodiac as point of departure for personality and music are the leitmotivs of the festive concert Matzer Verkadefabriek his famous composition cycle, Tierkreis (1975). Nerea Vera, a How To Play The Triangle: On Bernstein, Cha-Cha & Songs. Filmzaal 5 musician and film maker who is active in the Netherlands, feels For this programme, Koleva invited four American composers composed / at home in Stockhausen’s exuberant dream world. She found who have been living in the Netherlands for years to write minimal music composed / music inspiration for her latest project in Stockhausen’s classical and a new piece: David Dramm, Ron Ford, Ned McGowan, and & visuals mysterious composition. Vera condenses elements from the Vanessa Lann. The performance promises to be spectacular. world of fashion, painting, and music in a highly individual and The musicians play inside a scaffolding-like construction that poetic way in her enchanting film project Tierkreis, a music consists of several gigantic triangles, which are also used as fashion film. instruments. 80 81 VARIETY VARIETY ROUTE ROUTE KUNST KUNST MUZIEK MUZIEK ROUTE ROUTE

LOOPS Mervyn Groot / Ytsje Rosier

Many musicians and theatremakers have started to think 11.30 AM-12 PM & deeply about the superficial stereotypes that apply to men and 1-1.30 PM women at the present time. Makers Mervyn Groot and Ytsje Bij Katrien Rosier opted for a very special approach for their provocative (v/h Bank van performance, Loops: pole dance art and contemporary Leening) percussion music subtly fuse into a whole. Pole dancer Rosier embarks on a seductive dance that is directed by drummer music theatre / Mervyn Groot. A hot-blooded duel unfolds that pitches man composed / against woman. installation

SOUNDS LIKE JUGGLING! Arthur Wagenaar / Dianne Verdonk / Guido van Hout

1.30-2 PM, Breaking out of patterns and the art of detachment. Every artist 3-3.30 PM & is a juggler of sorts. The composer and theatremaker Arthur MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE 4.30-5 PM Wagenaar is testing out novel hybrid combinations – music Cecilia Arditto / Alu Montorfano Werkwarenhuis and theatre, concert and performance – in his work. This time, Wagenaar focuses on the art of juggling. Together with juggler/ Cecilia Arditto’s installation Musique Concrète is a surrealist 2-2.30 PM, performance / theatremaker Guido van Hout and instrument designer Dianne play of sound and light staged in the dark. Two players deploy 3-3.30 PM & electronics Verdonk, he has constructed instruments that are operated sound objects, tapes, and image projectors (magic lanterns) to 4-4.30 PM via juggling acts and object manipulation. Two worlds merge conjure up a spatial and magical ritual. Using simple resources, Design Museum and create an entirely new entity. The juggling patterns and the players create a seductive cinematic fantasy world. Cecilia Den Bosch movements turn into sounds; rhythms and musical structures Arditto operates the magic lanterns while her colleague Alu trigger juggling patterns. Montorfano takes care of sound matters. music theatre / composed 82 83 SOUND AMPA & VISION ROUTE ROUTE ENSEMBLES AMPA / fc JONGBLOED KUNST KUNST MUZIEK MUZIEK ROUTE ROUTE The student ensemble fc Jongbloed has been surprising 12-12.30 PM, audiences with its programmes for more than 11 years. Of 1-1.3 PM, IN PARADISUM / EMPTY CHAIRS course they will again take part this year. Former member Aart 2-2.30 PM & Cathy van Eck Strootman is the artistic director; quality and creativity are 3-3.30 PM therefore guaranteed. Works by Calliope Tsoupaki and composer 12.30-1 PM, Sound artist and composer Cathy van Eck is every inch an Anthony Fiumara’s students are included in the programme. Azijnfabriek 2-2.30 PM & explorer albeit an uncommonly poetic one. Her artistic output Fiumara’s appointment in 2018 led to a flourishing composition 3.30-4 PM consists of performances with live electronics and installations practice among students. fc Jongbloed alternates with other Bij Katrien around sound objects that she often designs herself. Some AMPA ensembles comprising students at the Academy of Music composed (v/h Bank van surprising examples are on display at the ArtmusicRoute. and Performing Arts in Tilburg. Leening) Dadaist and surrealist influences are never far away. She creates wondrous worlds where every detail counts. electronics / In Paradisum sees her eating an apple as she tries to capture composed / music the ideal sound for eating an apple. In the course of Empty theatre Chairs, she continues to reposition chairs in different places. Owing to the sensors underneath the chairs, every movement and realignment of the chair changes the musical composition.

GERMAINE SIJSTERMANS

12.30-1 PM, Silence, sound, space, and light. Composer and clarinettist 2-2.30 PM & Germaine Sijstermans likes to play around with these elements. 3.30-4 PM Sijstermans’ repertoire contains many works of composers who Galerie Mieke are linked to the famous Wandelweiser label, an international van Schaijk publishing operation that specialises in tranquil, meditative music and minimalist sound adventures in the vein of John composed / Cage and Morton Feldman. performance Sijstermans will present new work at the ArtmusicRoute in which spatiality, minimal movement, and silence play an important part. 84 85 MORE ABOUT MUSIC FOR PROFESSIONALS

Would you like to find out more about the motives that drive a composer or musician Mon 4 Nov Workshop Evan Parker & Matt Wright and/or about the stories behind the music? The audience can take a look behind the In the context of Music Hub Brabant scenes in connection with various activities. Most are free. Additional information and the up-to-date schedule can be found on our website www.novembermusic.net Thur 7 through International visitors’ programme Sun 10 Nov for programmers and festival directors from abroad (with Dutch Performing Arts) INTERVIEWS WITH COMPOSERS Thur 7 Nov Impro workshop for musicians, dancers, and Sat 2 Nov | 3 PM Claudia Molitor theatremakers (with DanceBrabant) Babel Fri 8 Nov New Music Conference for composers, musicians, Thur 7 Nov | 2 PM Helmut Lachenmann and Mark Andre programmers, journalists, and other professionals (with Willem Twee Toonzaal Buma) A concert ticket gives access to the interviews AMPA / FHK MEDIA

READINGS AND MEETINGS The Academy of Music and Performing Arts The November Music (AMPA) at Fontys University of the Arts (FHK) concerts will be broadcast Sat 2 Nov | 12.30 PM Florette Dijkstra Een onmogelijke lezing over stilte in Tilburg has aligned its project week with by NTR, VPRO, Stingray, Galerie Mieke van Schaijk [in Dutch] November Music 2019 and there will be various Djazz, and the activities, such as workshops and masterclasses, Concertzender. Sat 2 Nov | 5.30 PM Book presentation Calliope Tsoupaki for students of the classical, jazz, and composition Babel departments. Students can visit concerts, AMPA ensembles perform at the ArtmusicRoute, and Sun 3 Nov | 6.45 PM Martin Hoondert over de verhouding tussen a student of composer and teacher Anthony Grote Kerk het christendom, jodendom en islam [in Dutch] Fiumara has written new work for Matthijs Koene.

Mon 4 Nov | 11 PM Cathy van Eck Krakende appels en zingende stoelen: EDUCATION Verkadefabriek transformaties in de geluidskunst [in Dutch] Cultural education is very important when it comes to boosting the appreciation for Tues 5 Nov | 4 PM Dans en Muziek (with DansBrabant) (and understanding of) new music among children and young people. November Verkadefabriek Music is inviting primary school and secondary school students to attend workshops, readings, concerts, and guided tours, for example in connection with the sound Tues 5 Nov | 5 PM Kristel van Issum & Han Stubbe The Soldier installations in WerkWarenHuis. November Music runs a workshop for secondary Verkadefabriek Filmpremière (with DansBrabant) school students from ’s-Hertogenbosch during the annual Uitlokdag (a day of cultural challenges for local students). Free of entrance

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November Music commissions various Dutch and international composers and makers to compose pieces each year. It collaborates with other festivals, venues, and ensembles to guarantee multiple performances.

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INTERNATIONAL

Georg Friedrich Haas Solstices in collaboration with The Riot Ensemble p. 20

Ondrej Adámek Lost Prayer Book in collaboration with Asko|Schoenberg, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Artstiftung NRW, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ensemble 2e2m p. 59

THE NETHERLANDS COMPOSER IN FOCUS Calliope Tsoupaki The work of the Greek/Dutch composer was a frequent guest at November Liknon p. 23 Anne-Maartje Lemereis Calliope Tsoupaki (Piraeus, 1963) Music. She is our composer in focus This is (not) a Fairy Tale combines the best of different worlds. this year and has been commissioned Mayke Nas In collaboration with Kameroperahuis She forges her very own sound universe by November Music to compose the Het Arsenaal der Ongeleefde Dingen Zwolle p. 51 in which melancholy has a light-footed Bosch Requiem 2019, entitled Liknon, In collaboration with DAAD p. 42 appeal and tragedy is infused with vitality which will be performed on 2 November Maxim Shalygin and a zest for life, as she takes on board in Theater aan de Parade (p. 23). Her Aart Strootman Todos los fuegos el fuego East and West, early music and new works are also played by Ad Parnassum W.A.L.L. In collaboration with music, mysticism and mythology. (p. 68), Erik Bosgraaf, Matthijs Koene, In collaboration with Gaudeamus Dag in de Branding p. 58 Heleen Hulst & Gerard Bouwhuis, Muziekweek p. 47 Byzantine Christ icons sometimes seem Eric Vloeimans (p. 74 & 75), and fc Gerard Beljon to show two faces simultaneously. One Jongbloed (p. 85) during the festival. Jesse Passenier Planctus Cygni p. 68 is sad, the other joyful. Tsoupaki’s music Alan p. 14 sounds similar. Not contradictory but with A monograph on Tsoupaki’s work and Aya Yoshida / Boris Bezemer / double the meaning; as rich as life itself. motives by the music journalist Joep Jesse Passenier A. Crespo Barba / Thomas Power Calliope Tsoupaki was appointed the third Christenhusz will be published as Division p. 16 New work for contrabas Composer Laureate of the Netherlands this year’s installment of our series in collaboration with Grachtenfestival in 2018. She will hold this position until of Composer Portraits. Bianca Bongers and Gaudeamus Muziekweek p. 52 2020. In earlier festival editions, she Surrounded by air - Axppearance III p. 32

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H BETHANIESTRAAT O 8 11 17 Bij Katrien Schilderstraat 33 E VUGHTERSTRAAT K KONINGSWEG S T 9

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T Jeroen Boschplein 2 R STRAAT P P HEKELLAAN E 19 Azijnfabriek Bethaniestraat 4 T BERNHARD T E L A A R

PRINS S E ZUIDWAL W E G 90 91 PRACTICAL INFORMATION ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING

November Music 2019 takes place in various locations in November Music 2019 takes place in various locations in ’s-Hertogenbosch. The central festival hub is the Sun Room ’s-Hertogenbosch (see p. 90). Verkadefabriek is the central festival in Verkadefabriek. It is an excellent location to have a drink and hub, which is easily accessible by train or car. There is ample parking lounge to the music played by our DJs. space near Verkadefabriek. When visiting other concert venues in the city centre, we advise you to use the parking garages Wolvenhoek or St.-Jan. When visiting multiple locations in one day, TICKET SALES renting an OV-fiets (public bicycle) may be handy.

November Music 2019 tickets can be purchased via www.novembermusic.net or at the Verkadefabriek booking STAYING IN ’S-HERTOGENBOSCH office (T 00 31 73 681 8160). You can buy tickets at the venue where the concert takes place (unless sold out) throughout A visit to November Music for several days is not just worth it for the festival. the music. There is a great atmosphere in ’s-Hertogenbosch with its historic and hospitable city centre. An ideal destination for a longer visit! A range of hotels and B&Bs offers overnight accommodation. DISCOUNT PASS XL

Would you like to attend multiple concerts during November CONTACT Music 2019? Opt for the Festival pass XL (€ 37.50). The pass is personal and you will get 50 percent off each concert ticket. November Music www.novembermusic.net Please purchase the discount pass first and do not order tickets Boschdijkstraat 45 [email protected] until you have received our confirmation email! 5211 VD ’s-Hertogenbosch

92 93 SUBSIDISERS AND SPONSORS COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS

The Dioraphte Foundation supports artistic Owing to our support for November and cultural projects of a high qualitative Music, extraordinary compositions standard with a national or international by Dutch makers are given additional reach. November Music, too, can count on opportunities. Buma supports and our support this year in order to facilitate promotes contemporary music and its international programming for a broad jazz made by composers and lyricists audience. Culture is a treasure that everyone from the Netherlands. should share. Not then but now.

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MEDIA PARTNERS

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