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4 through 13 PHILHARMONIE RALPH VAN RAAT november 2016 ZUIDNEDERLAND ENSEMBLE KLANG XL ’s-Hertogenbosch NEDERLANDS HOLLAND BAROQUE & KAMERKOOR ERIK BOSGRAAF & RASCHÈR VANDRYVER SAXOPHONE QUARTET BOW HAMMER CAPPELLA AMSTERDAM CONNECTION DETLEV GLANERT JENNIFER WALSHE & DICK VERDULT ARDITTI QUARTET ASKO|SCHÖNBERG IVES ENSEMBLE DUDOK KWARTET PIET-JAN VAN ROSSUM & VINCENT VAN MUZIEKTHEATER AMSTERDAM HOLLANDS DIEP GIRLS IN AIRPORTS PETER-JAN WAGEMANS MICHAEL WOLLNY TRIO REMBRANDT B’ROCK FRERICHS TRIO ERIC VLOEIMANS & LIZA FERSCHTMAN HUELGAS ENSEMBLE RABIH ABOU-KHALIL & MARINIERSKAPEL BOUKJE SCHWEIGMAN STEVE COLEMAN LOUIS ANDRIESSEN DER KONINKLIJKE & ARNOUD HOSSEIN ALIZADEH WILLEM JETHS
MARINE NOORDEGRAAF YURI HONING QUARTET NIK BÄRTSCH MOBILE I SOLISTI DEL VENTO AART STROOTMAN FT. MATHIAS EICK EXTENDED SLAGWERK DEN HAAG AMSTERDAM SINFONIETTA JAMESZOO QUINTET THEO LOEVENDIE AND & ISABELLE VAN KEULEN LAVINIA MEIJER MANY JACOBTV ATLAS ENSEMBLE & OTHERS JEAN-GUIHEN QUEYRAS www.novembermusic.net www.novembermusic.net NOVEMBER MUSIC 2016 CONTENT
November Music is entering a new era. The festival will last 10 days SCHEDULE OVERVIEW p 4 from this year onwards, starting with a Bosch Requiem on the first FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER p 14 Friday in November. It ends on the second Sunday of the month with an extraordinary closing concert (as per the tradition) where Dutch SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER p 15 and international musicians meet. That the festival opens with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (the very best symphony orchestra SUNDAY 6 NOVEMBER p 19 in the world according to many) and closes with pianist Rembrandt Frerichs’ trio alongside Cello8ctet Amsterdam and the renowned MONDAY 7 & TUESDAY 8 NOVEMBER p 22 Iranian Tar player Hossein Alizadeh says a lot about our philosophy and the scope of our ambitions. And there will be 75 different concerts WEDNESDAY 9 & THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER p 26 throughout the festival including premieres, special collaborations, FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER p 32 international top musicians as well as a focus on fresh talent. SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER p 39 Various leitmotivs run through the programme. We are marking the 500th anniversary of the death of Hieronymus Bosch with several SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER p 51 new productions including an opera. A large number of early music ensembles will play contemporary works at the festival. This goes KUNSTMUZIEKROUTE – HOW DOES IT WORK? p 56 to show that early and modern music are closer in spirit than people tend to think. Plus, virtually all major Dutch new music ensembles will KUNSTMUZIEKROUTE – CONCERTS p 58 make an appearance and are no less than four composers in focus. COMPOSERS IN FOCUS p 72 November Music 2016 will be memorable – and festive! MAP AND LOCATIONS p 74 We look forward to meeting you at the festival’s 24th edition! PRACTICAL INFORMATION p 76 Bert Palinckx and Theo van Dooremalen SUBSIDIZERS AND PARTNERS p 78
STAFF BOARD PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGES
Heleen Moors festival director Lucas Vis chair Alidoor Dellafaille, Anne Bonthuis, Ben Spijker, Bluebell, Bob Bongers, Emanuel Florakis, Koen Graat communication | Aleida Hamel secretary Emelie Schäfer, EricD, Francesca Patella, Frederic Bodin, F. Reinhold, Hans Gerritsen, Jasper programmer jazz & Gerton Heyne treasurer Grijpink, Jérémie Mazenq, Jorg Steinmetz, Jochem Jurgens, Liny Mutsaers, Maarten Mooijman, world Ans Buys member MacArthur, Manu Theobald, Marco Borggreve, Maurice Haak & Jenny Auding, Melissa Verhoeven, Bernard Jussen technical coordinator Edo Dijksterhuis member Michel Marang, Mirjam Devriendt, Museu Nacional del Prado, Mohamed Badarne, Renske Vrolijk, Ronald Knapp, Sofie Knijff, Simon van Boxtel, Sylvain Gripoix, Tine Marguiller, Wenjun Miakoda, Wouter Jansen en anderen.
2 3 FRIDAY PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 4 NOV 2 .30 3 .30 4 .30 5 .30 6 .30 7 .30 8 .30 9 .30 10 .30 Locations PM
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest Sint-Janskathedraal Detlev Glanert - Bosch Requiem p 14
SATURDAY 5 NOV 12 .30 1 .30 2 .30 3 .30 4 .30 5 .30 6 .30 7 .30 8 .30 9 .30 Locations AM PM Dudok Kwartet Azijnfabriek & Vincent van Amsterdam p 15
Asko|Schönberg De Muzerije CONNECT Atrium p 16
B’Rock Baroque 360 De Toonzaal p 17
Atlas Ensemble Grote Kerk & Jean-Guihen Queyras p 18
SUNDAY 6 NOV 2 .30 3 .30 4 .30 5 .30 6 .30 7 .30 8 .30 9 .30 10 .30 Locations PM
Eric Vloeimans & Mariniers- Theater aan de Parade kapel der Koninklijke Marine p 20
Verkadefabriek Jameszoo Quintet Clubzaal p 19
Freedom (o)r Speech Verkadefabriek among others Louis Andriessen Grote Zaal De Staat p 21
4 5 MONDAY PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 7 NOV 2 .30 3 .30 4 .30 5 .30 6 .30 7 .30 8 .30 9 .30 10 .30 Locations PM
Installatie Expeditie Kruithuis p 22
Boukje Schweigman & Verkadefabriek Arnoud Noordegraaf Huid Grote Zaal p 24
TUESDAY 8 NOV 2 .30 3 .30 4 .30 5 .30 6 .30 7 .30 8 .30 9 .30 10 .30 Locations PM
Installatie Expeditie Kruithuis p 22
Verkadefabriek JacobTV The News Kleine Zaal p 25
Boukje Schweigman & Verkadefabriek Arnoud Noordegraaf Huid Grote Zaal p 24
WEDNESDAY 9 NOV 2 .30 3 .30 4 .30 5 .30 6 .30 7 .30 8 .30 9 .30 10 .30 Locations PM
Installatie Expeditie Kruithuis p 22
Asko|Schönberg Theater aan de Parade Vasco Mendonça Bosch Beach p 27
Nik Bärtsch Mobile Extended Verkadefabriek TEMKO ft. Nik Bärtsch Grote Zaal p 26
6 7 THURSDAY 10 NOV PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 12 .30 1 .30 2 .30 3 .30 4 .30 5 .30 6 .30 7 .30 8 .30 9 .30 10 .30 Locations AM PM
Ralph van Raat interview De Toonzaal Theo Loevendie Theo p 28 Loevendie
Installatie Kruithuis Expeditie p 22
Nederlands Kamerkoor Grote Kerk Lera Auerbach 72 Angels p 29
Verkadefabriek Ensemble Klang XL Professor Bad Trip Kleine Zaal p 30
Asko|Schönberg Theater aan de Parade Vasco Mendonça Bosch Beach p 27
Stargaze & Verkadefabriek Nora Fischer Grote Zaal p 31 FRIDAY 11 NOV 12 .30 1 .30 2 .30 3 .30 4 .30 5 .30 6 .30 7 .30 8 .30 9 .30 10 .30 11 .30 Locations AM PM
Rembrandt Holland Baroque Frerichs Trio & De Toonzaal Liza Ferschtman Perfect Strings p 32 p 33 Dick Verdult Dick Verdult Verkadefabriek Philips Philips Kleine Zaal de Tweede de Tweede p 34 p 34 Huelgas Ensemble Grote Kerk Wolfgang Rihm Et Lux p 36
Verkadefabriek Colours of Improvisation Yuri Honing, Mathias Eick, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Jeroen van Viet and others Grote Zaal p 35
Kruithuis Plug p 38
Cappella Amsterdam Jheronimus Bosch Arvo Pärt Art Centre Kanon Pokajanen p 37
8 9 SATURDAY 12 NOV PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 12 .30 1 .30 2 .30 3 .30 4 .30 5 .30 6 .30 7 .30 8 .30 9 .30 10 .30
Locations AM PM Installatie Installatie Kruithuis Expeditie p 22 Expeditie p 22 Quatuor Diotima Arditti Quartet & De Toonzaal Jennifer Walshe p 39 p 48 Nicoline Nicoline Pand 18 Soeter p 40 Soeter p 40 Alles wat klinkt Verkadefabriek Jacqueline Theo Loevendie Filmzaal 4 Oskamp p 45 p 45 Merlijn Bij Katrien Twaalfhoven p 41 interview Evelien van Theater Artemis A.R. Hopwood den Broek p 42 Bank van Bow Hammer Leening Connection p 43 Reinier van Houdt Artuarium p 45 Verkadefabriek Jesse Passenier Cabaretfirma p 43 Verkadefabriek Claudio Baroni Kleine Zaal p 44 Verkadefabriek Vincent Peirani Clubzaal p 46 Lavinia Meijer Lavinia Meijer W2 Poppodium Bryce Dessner etc JacobTV Harper p 47 Songs p 47 philharmonie Grote Kerk zuidnederland p 49 Steve Coleman and Verkadefabriek The Council of Balance Grote Zaal Synovial Joints p 50
SUNDAY 13 NOV 11 .30 12 .30 1 .30 2 .30 3 .30 4 .30 5 .30 6 .30 7 .30 8 .30 9 .30 10 .30
Locations AM PM
De Toonzaal Arditti Quartet p 51
Diverse locaties KunstmuziekRoute (programme schedule on page 12/13) p 56 -71
Ives Ensemble & Toon Tellegen Rembrandt Frerichs Trio Verkadefabriek & Hossein Alizadeh & Grote Zaal Piet-Jan van Rossum De Optocht p 52 Cello8ctet p 55 Hollands Diep Orangerie Peter-Jan Wagemans Beeldenstorm p 53 Amsterdam Sinfonietta Grote Kerk & Isabelle van Keulen p 54 10 11 SUNDAY KUNST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE 13 NOV MUZIEK Visitors can 11 .30 12 .30 1 .30 2 .30 3 .30 4 .30 5 .30 6 enter at AM PM ROUTE Locations any time NORTHERN Nils Økland Band VF Clubzaal yes JAZZ ROUTE Girls in Airports W2 Poppodium yes p 58 Michael Wollny Trio VF Clubzaal yes
DANCE T.r.a.s.h. / DAAU Artemis Bovenzaal no MUSIC ROUTE Jelena Kosti´c / Dyane Donck Bank van Leening no p 60 Ana Morales / Enrique Tomás VF Cabaretfirma no
HIERONYMUS Cappella Pratensis & Paul van Kemenade Groot Gasthuis yes BOSCH ROUTE Storioni Trio / Aart Strootman / Marco Mlynek De Toonzaal no p 62 Aart Strootman & Nora Fischer De Toonzaal no
WORLD Amsterdams Andalusisch Orkest Bij Katrien yes ROUTE Bombay Bazaar / JacobTV Noordbrabants no Museum Statenzaal p 64 Nizar Rohana Museum Slager yes
PERFOR- Evelien van den Broek Artemis Benedenzaal no MANCE ROUTE Dyane Donck & Els Mondelaers Stadsbibliotheek yes p 66 Reinier van Houdt / Robert Ashley VF Cabaretfirma yes until 8 PM
Will Holder & Alex Waterman SM’s no
Instrument Inventors Initiative Kruithuis yes
PREMIERE Ig Henneman De Muzerije Hofzaal no ROUTE Janco Verduin / orkest de ereprijs VF Kleine Zaal no p 68 Mayke Nas / SDH / Cello Biënnale Band VF Kleine Zaal no
Aspasia Nasopoulou / Horst Rickels De Muzerije Atrium no
NEW KIDS Rogier Telderman Azijnfabriek yes ON THE BLOCK ROUTE Matteo Mijderwijk’s Polytrigger Artuarium yes p 70 VanDryver W2 Poppodium yes 12 13 BOSCH REQUIEM DUDOK KWARTET DETLEV GLANERT & VINCENT VAN AMSTERDAM Concertgebouw Orkest & Groot Omroepkoor led by Markus Stenz Sofia Goebaidoelina / Wolfgang Rihm / Bernard van Beurden
Fri 4 Nov The year 2016 was the year of Hieronymus Bosch and its musical The versatile Dudok Quartet throws in its lot with accordionist Sat 5 Nov St-Janskathedraal pinnacle is the Bosch Requiem, which has been newly written by the Vincent van Amsterdam at November Music. Together they present Azijnfabriek 7 - 9 PM prominent German composer Detlev Glanert and performed by the a varied programme of works for string quartet and accordion, 12.30 - 1.30 PM € 50 (no discount) illustrious Concertgebouw Orkest with the Groot Omroepkoor as well including A4 by the Dutch composer Bernard van Beurden who died € 12 / € 9 / € 6 (Tickets go on sale as top soloists, such as David Wilson-Johnson (baritone, voice), Aga recently and parts of Fetzen by German composer Wolfgang Rihm. from 1 October via Mikolaj (soprano) and Gerhard Siegel (tenor). The finale is Sofia Goebaidoelina’s Silenzio for accordion, violin, composed Theater aan de and cello. She is capable like no other of creating a tranquil sound Parade) Composer Detlev Glanert is fascinated by the ominous and animalistic meditation. aspects of human nature. His new work plumbs the depths of painter composed / Hieronymus Bosch’s dark soul. He derived inspiration from classical modern vocal requiem texts and the manuscript collection of the intoxicating Carmina Burana. The carillon of the Church of St. John (Sint-Janskathedraal) will play composer Anthony Fiumara’s Souling prior to the concert.
This concert is part of November Music 2016 with the kind cooperation of the Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation.
14 15 ASKO|SCHÖNBERG LED BY MANOJ KAMPS B’ROCK CONNECT BAROQUE 360° Christian Mason / Huang Ruo Reza Namavar / Matt Wright / Wim Henderickx / Louis Andriessen
Sat 5 Nov Asko|Schönberg has been invited, with three other European Baroque musicians engaging in a passionate flirt with musical Sat 5 Nov De Muzerije Atrium ensembles for new music, to participate in the CONNECT project, innovators? Everything is possible in the universe that the Belgian De Toonzaal 2 - 3 PM which facilitates dialogues between the public, performers, and B’Rock orchestra inhabits. Past and present merge effortlessly 4.30 - 5.45 PM no cover charge makers. The performances can take place in any social context; from and with all respect due. Three composers wrote a new concerto € 15 / € 12 / concert hall to festival site. for the ensemble’s Baroque 360° programme. Saliently, these € 7,50 composed contemporary baroque concertos are in a tiny format. The five This first edition sees Christian Mason and Huang Ruo, two young strings and the basso continuo meet three extraordinary solo composed up-and-coming composers. They have been commissioned to write instrumentalists one by one: Naomi Sato (Japanese sho), Matt new work. Each has opted, in his own inimitable way, to let the Wright (live electronics), and Deborah York (vocals). audience interact with the Asko|Schönberg musicians. Theun Mosk is the scenographer. The contemporary composers who put their best baroque foot forward are Wim Henderickx (B), Matt Wright (UK), and Reza Namavar. Louis Andriessen’s exceptionally beautiful Miserere winds up this unique programme.
16 17 NOMADEN JAMESZOO QUINTET JOËL BONS Atlas Ensemble & Jean-Guihen Queyras led by Ed Spanjaard
Sat 5 Nov Various eminent musicians from the Far East, Central Asia, Jazz from another planet. Or perhaps ‘naive computer jazz’ as Sun 6 Nov Grote Kerk Europe, and the Middle East have put their heads together in Mitchel van Dinther aka Jameszoo describes the genre. His debut Verkadefabriek 8.30 - 9.30 PM order to undertake an unparalleled journey around the world. album Fool was released on Flying Lotus’ internationally renowned Clubzaal € 18 / € 15 / € 9 Atlas Ensemble does not play very often. Therefore, this concert Brainfeeder label and created a real buzz for the Dutch DJ/producer. 3 - 4.30 PM of Nomaden, composed by Joël Bons, is not to be missed. All the Jameszoo was working with a variegated cast of leading musical € 14 / € 11 / € 7 composed / world more so as famous French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras will join the characters including jazz pianist Steve Kuhn (John Coltrane, Stan music amazing collective. Getz) and bassist Stephen Bruner (Thundercat). The resulting jazz / electronics / album is brimming with catchy mixed-genre jazz explorations that pop The Atlas Ensemble play string instruments from all corners of the break new ground. world such as the sarangi (Dhruba Ghosh), kemençe (Neva Özgen) and the erhu (Yang Xue). Various wind and plucked instruments lend Jameszoo will introduce his latest quintet to ‘s Hertogenbosch (his the composition even richer hues. Raphaela Danksagmülle plays home city) for the first time at November Music 2016. He brings the duduk; both Naomi Sato and Wu Wei – from Japan and China, along keyboard player Niels Broos, drummer Julian Sartorius, respectively – are mouth organ specialists. bassist Frans Petter Eldh (Marius Neset Quartet), and saxophonist John Dikeman.
18 19 ERIC VLOEIMANS & MARINIERSKAPEL FREEDOM (O)R SPEECH DER KONINKLIJKE MARINE LOUIS ANDRIESSEN / MAURICIO KAGEL / LED BY PETER KLEINE SCHAARS JOHN DE SIMONE / DIMITRI VERHULST Presentation Noord-Brabant Music Award (Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds) I Solisti del Vento, Jan Decleir, Red Note Ensemble, Song Circus led by Etienne Siebens
Sun 6 Nov The Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds will hand the prestigious Noord- Can music change political hearts and minds (for the better)? Sun 6 Nov Theater aan Brabant Music Award to trumpet player Eric Vloeimans at November In Freedom (o)r Speech the Belgian ensemble I Soloisti del Vento Verkadefabriek de Parade Music 2016. ‘Eric Vloeimans thinks about music rather than genres. will play three political compositions. The Belgian writer and poet Grote Zaal 3 - 4.30 PM He constantly enters into collaborations that push back frontiers Dimitri Verhulst wrote a text that is read by actor Jan Decleir. 8 - 9.30 PM € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 without compromising his individuality. Vloeimans has reinvented € 22 / € 19 / € 11 himself time and again,’ according to the jury. Louis Andriessen designed his 20th century composition for large jazz ensemble, De Staat, which was partly based on Plato’s The State, contemporary Vloeimans was born and bred in ‘s Hertogenbosch. He plays as a protest against totalitarianism through energetic rhythms classic / music with long-standing collaborators the Marinierskapel (Band of the and refractory chords. Mauricio Kagel makes political populism theatre Netherlands Royal Marines) at the presentation ceremony. Together look foolish in Der Tribun, using military brass and libertine music. they perform sections of their joint concert programme Around the Dimitri Verhulst’s topical text, featuring Jan Decleir as contemporary World in 90 Minutes. In addition, the VIB (Very Important Brassband) demagogue, hails the dawn of a new political era. I Soloisti del under conductor Marc van Kessel will play pieces from Vloeimans’ Vento, the Scottish Red Note Ensemble, and the Norwegian vocal play-along sheet music book Horn of Plenty. ensemble Song Circus juxtapose both political statements with a piece created by Irish composer John de Simone.
20 21 INSTALLATIE EXPEDITIE SOUNDTRACKS STIJN DEMEULENAERE
Mon 7 through Deep down in Kruithuis’ labyrinth vaults, any adventurous festival The subject of this poetic installation is remembered sound or Mon 5 Nov through Thurs 10 Nov visitors can again go on an expedition. Artists from several countries the lack thereof. What sounds are associated with the important Sun 13 Nov 6.30 - 7.30 PM present sound installations that are customized for the atmospheric moments in our lives? Soundtracks is the brainchild of Belgian Willem II Fabriek Sat 12 nov historic space. The curator of this year’s expedition is the Italian/ sound artist Stijn Demeulenaere who has assembled personal Spiegelzaal 12.30 - 1.30 & Dutch sound artist Matteo Marangoni who is also a member memories in a very special sound archive. Visitors are invited to 9 AM - 6 PM 3.30 - 4.30 PM of Instrument Inventors Initiative (iii). This years participating open preserving jars to discover – and add to – the captured sound No cover charge Kruithuis soundartists are Jo Cailmo, Pierre Bastien, Gabey TJon a Tham, recollections. € 8 / € 5 / € 4 Yolanda Uriz and Alex Andropolous. Sound art pioneer Horst installation Rickels will supervise the explorative journey. Once it has been installation / completed, Kruithuis will remain open for an extra hour so visitors performance / can experience the individual installations at their leisure. electronics
22 23 HUID THE NEWS BOUKJE SCHWEIGMAN / ARNOUD NOORDEGRAAF JACOBTV Schweigman&, Slagwerk Den Haag f.c. Jongbloed led by Aart Strootman
Mon 7 & A performance which gets under your skin – almost literally. A form The US elections will be reaching boiling point on this night and Tue 8 Nov Tue 8 Nov of music theatre that provokes and bewitches the senses is right up there is no doubt that these moments will enter the history books Verkadefabriek Verkadefabriek theatre maker Boukje Schweigman’s ally. This time Schweigman& whatever the outcome. Will good old Hillary make the grade or will Kleine Zaal Grote Zaal collaborates with composer Arnoud Noordegraaf and Slagwerk Den the unpredictable demagogue Trump manage to win? The US media 6.45 - 8 PM 8.30 - 10 PM Haag. Huid (Skin) is about touch. What does being touched involve titans go all out. Composer Jacob ter Veldhuis (JacobTV) loves the € 8 / € 5 / € 4 € 20 / € 17 / € 10 at a physical or emotional level? The audience can explore and bustling frenzy of the US media. His reality opera The News gives rediscover the visceral pleasures of touching and feeling. voice to everyday madness. All of the actors make an appearance at music theatre / music theatre / an unstoppable pace – from horny politicians to televangelists, OTT composed / pop composed Arnoud Noordegraaf’s multimedia performances have been staged movie stars to self-important TV journalists. JacobTV’s The News is during earlier editions of November Music and at the Holland as topical as it gets. Just the thing for Fontys student ensemble f.c. Festival. Slagwerk Den Haag was the resident ensemble at Jongbloed under musical director Aart Strootman. November Music 2014. And Schweigman would not be Schweigman if the audience was prohibited from playing a spectacular leading part at the end of the performance.
24 25 NIK BÄRTSCH MOBILE EXTENDED BOSCH BEACH TEMKO ft. Nik Bärtsch VASCO MENDONÇA / DIMITRI VERHULST Music theatre LOD, Asko|Schönberg led by Etienne Siebens
Wed 9 Nov A special programme dedicated to Nik Bärtsch, the Swiss composer Hell on Earth … Does it exist? The answer is obvious for those who Wed 9 Nov & Verkadefabriek and pianist who has created an idiosyncratic sound universe in watch the news and current affairs programmes. Prophet of doom Thurs 10 Nov Grote Zaal recent decades through a combination of grooving rhythms and Hieronymus Bosch would have had tons of inspiration in this day Theater aan 8.30 - 10.30 PM minimal music. His music starts off slowly and intensifies as time and age. The Dutch premiere of music theatre production Bosch de Parade € 18 / € 15 / € 9 goes by. Tonight is Bärtsch’s first performance in the Netherlands Beach sees Portuguese composer Vasco Mendonça, Belgian writer 8.30 - 10 PM with Mobile Extended, his regular quartet plus strings. Dimitri Verhulst, and ensemble Asko|Schönberg searching for a € 35 / € 32 / jazz / composed / ‘False Paradise’ (i.e. the translated title of a novel about Bosch) on € 17,50 minimal ‘Continuum is a sonic sculpture; the contour and form are always the planet Earth. paramount. You can relax to the album’s low-key, subliminal music, music theatre / but best keep your eyes wide open, as this is an album of edgy The subject is right up popular author Verhulst’s street. His composed / opera beauty’ (****) Downbeat mesmerizing libretto turns a holiday beach on the ‘refugee island’ of Lampedusa into a hellish place where moral doubts abound. The concert starts with a unique ad hoc ensemble as Bärtsch Director Kris Verdonck gives shape to this hidden modern Inferno. shares the stage with TEMKO, a Dutch group with among others Marion Tassou (soprano), Rodrigo Ferreira (countertenor) and guitarist Aart Strootman, that first saw the light of day at November Damien Pass (baritone) are the soloists. Music a few years ago. The quartet plays a maverick mix of chamber music, minimal music, and polyrhythmic rock.
26 27 THEO LOEVENDIE - COMPLETE PIANO MUSIC 72 ANGELS RALPH VAN RAAT LERA AUERBACH Nederlands Kamerkoor & Raschèr Saxophone Quartet led by Peter Dijkstra
Thurs 10 Nov Ralph van Raat throws himself into the little heard piano repertory of US composer and pianist Lera Auerbach (1973) is one of the fastest Thurs 10 Nov De Toonzaal the doyen of Dutch composers, Theo Loevendie. The piano pieces rising stars in the field of composition. Her expressive music fuses Grote Kerk 12.30 PM - 1.30 PM that he has written down the years offer unique insights into how he the classical tradition with modern sensibilities. She has been 6.45 - 8 PM € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 developed as a composer. Toccata, an early work, shows a passion working on her dream project 72 Angels for years. Nederlands € 18 / € 15 / € 9 for rhythm and there are echoes of Ravel and Stravinsky. Strides Kamerkoor and the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet will join forces composed marks the start of Loevendie’s distinctive symbiosis between jazz at November Music to play the world premiere of this monumental composed / and composed music, influenced by the ‘stride piano’ (an early jazz work. modern vocal style that evolved in Harlem in the 1920s). Subsequently, Loevendie opted for a freer palette that is brimming with virtuoso ideas and 72 Angels takes its inspiration from the Kabbalah. The mystic and accessible playfulness. Loevendie is unparalleled when it comes to ancient Judaic teachings refer to the 72 angels that links the finite integrating aspects of jazz and world music. universe with eternity. 72 Angels consists of 72 preludes lasting a single minute, which each represent a single entity. Auerbach *A public interview with composer Theo Loevendie will take place after combines popular melodies with a classic composing style and the concert. makes it look deceptively easy.
28 29 PROFESSOR BAD TRIP STARGAZE & NORA FISCHER FAUSTO ROMITELLI LED BY ANDRÉ DE RIDDER Ensemble Klang XL led by Christian Karlsen Greg Saunier / Aart Strootman / Morris Kliphuis
Thurs 10 Nov A crazy trip through exciting rock music and ground-breaking Writing music for the Academy Award-winning film The Revenant Thurs 10 Nov Verkadefabriek modern sound magic. Professor Bad Trip was written by the Italian and a tête-à-tête with Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood? It is Verkadefabriek Kleine Zaal composer Fausto Romitelli (1963-2004). It counts as a musical perhaps not wholly surprising that Stargaze is regarded as one of Grote Zaal 7 - 8 PM milestone of the early 21st century. ‘The Doors meet Pierre Boulez’, the most adventurous European outfits as two very talented Dutch 9 - 10.15 PM € 12 / € 9 / € 6 as the LA Times described it. Romitelli’s piece has never before musicians are permanent members of the ensemble. Namely, € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 been seen and heard in its entirety in the Netherlands; something guitarist Aart Strootman and horn player Morris Kliphuis. November music theatre / which Ensemble Klang XL is about to change. Professor Bad Trip Music commissioned both to compose new work for this special composed / pop composed evokes the effects of a bad LSD trip. Psychedelic rock as well as Stargaze programme. the books written by surrealist Henri Michaux inspired Romitelli to create this work. Aart Strootman wrote the song cycle Songs From a Dark Past. Morris Kliphuis (Kapok, formerly Kyteman Orchestra) bounces the ‘Professor Bad Trip is delightfully extreme’ (****) NRC Handelsblad sound of analogue synthesizers against an ensemble of strings, woodwind, brass, drums, and singing. Also on the programme are a performance of new work by composer Greg Saunier as well as Deerhoof Chamber Variations that was included in the eponymous album that Stargaze released last year, with a leading role for vocalist Nora Fischer. 30 31 REMBRANDT FRERICHS TRIO & LIZA FERSCHTMAN PERFECT STRINGS WILLEM JETHS / ARVO PÄRT / THEO LOEVENDIE / J.S. BACH Holland Baroque & Erik Bosgraaf
Fri 11 Nov Jazz pianist Rembrandt Frerichs goes exploring with the brilliant Contemporary composers are influenced more than ever by the Fri 11 Nov De Toonzaal violinist Liza Ferschtman. She is a classical juggernaut who luminous sounds of the baroque period. Holland Baroque knows De Toonzaal 12.30 - 1.30 PM collaborated with conductors such as Jaap van Zweden and that baroque music is a goldmine for composers, avant-gardists, 4 - 5 PM € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 Leonard Slatkin. Frerichs and Ferschtman share an intense adventurers, and realists. Recordist Erik Bosgraaf and Holland € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 interest in improvisational techniques and the mathematic beauty Baroque invited composer Theo Loevendie to write a concerto jazz / composed found in Bach’s music. Together with bassist Tony Overwater and for recorder and baroque ensemble as part of the Perfect Strings composed percussionist Vinsent Planjer, Ferschtman and Frerichs merge programme. the worlds of improvisation and composition in an entirely natural manner. They use their own compositions as well as Bach’s As well as a premiere of Loevendie’s new piece the ensemble plays indestructible work. the much-loved Fratres by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and Bach’s Third Brandenburg Concert. Erik Bosgraaf will also perform the succinct and wonderful The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis by Willem Jeths, the Dutch Composer Laureate.
32 33 COLOURS OF IMPROVISATION
The full-length Colours of Improvisation programme has been put together by November Music. It features special collaborations and musicians who operate in areas where jazz meets world music.
Jeroen van Vliet & Colin Vallon Fri 11 Nov Two leading European pianists will take off together for the first Verkadefabriek PHILIPS DE TWEEDE time. Dutchman Jeroen van Vliet and his Swiss colleague Colin Grote Zaal DICK VERDULT Vallon are both lauded for their adventurous lyricism. 7.30 - 11.45 PM Ekaterina Levental, Pedro Buschi, Dick Verdult € 28 / € 25 / € 14 Yuri Honing Trio ft. Mathias Eick Fri 11 Nov Hieronymus Bosch and Philip II go all out in this latest performance Tenor saxophonist Yuri Honing plays an idiosyncratic role in Dutch jazz / world music Verkadefabriek by multidisciplinary artist, theatre maker, and universalist Dick jazz with his deep sound and gradually evolving dark melodies. The Kleine Zaal Verdult. He calls the Spanish king to account for removing many Norwegian trumpet player Mathias Eick is a prominent European 7 - 7.45 PM & magnificent works by Bosch from the Dutch Province of Brabant jazz musician on ECM Records. His extended melodic lines seem 9 - 9.45 PM where they were created. As far as Verdult is concerned, the music predestined for the Yuri Honing Quartet with Wolfert Brederode € 12 / € 9 / € 6 theatre production Philips de Tweede will provide the Royal with (piano), Joost Lijbaart (drums), and Guli Gudmundsson (bass). the opportunity to redeem himself. “He will hopefully begin to music theatre understand what Brabant means in the secular domain of modern Rabih Abou-Khalil Trio sorcery,” argues Verdult. There is even an electronics giant in The Lebanese oud player Abou-Khalil fuses different musical Eindhoven (Brabant) which has been named after the damnable traditions with masterly skill ranging from European classical music Philip the Second …. to refined and lyrical Arabic styles. The drive of modern jazz and rock is never far away from his energetic improvisations. Abou- Dick Verdult is a man of numerous disciplines: TV, films, pirate Khalil plays with accordionist Luciano Biondini and percussionist radio, performance, novellas, sculpture, drawings. An earlier edition Jarrod Cagwin. of November Music premiered his Dahlia performance about 34 Hieronymus Bosch. 35 ET LUX KANON POKAJANEN WOLFGANG RIHM ARVO PÄRT Huelgas Ensemble & Minguet Quartett led by Paul van Nevel Cappella Amsterdam led by Daniel Reuss
Fri 11 Nov A Requiem for the Dead by Germany’s most famous composer, A contemplative choral ritual that needs to be experienced live. Fri 11 Nov Grote Kerk Wolfgang Rihm. His imposing hour-long piece Et Lux for vocal The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt uses the monumental choral Jheronimus Bosch 7.30 - 8.30 PM ensemble and string quartet plunges listeners into an ocean of work Kanon Pokajanen to immerse his listeners in a serene, archaic Art Center € 22 / € 19 / € 11 sweet memories, mild reflections, and hot-blooded desire. The sound universe inspired by the penitential psalms found in early 9.30 - 10.45 PM composition focuses on the eternal light. Slavic-Christian manuscripts. Pärt is really moved by the texts of this € 22 / € 19 / € 11 composed / canon. The words are allocated their own sounds and melodic line. modern vocal The Belgian Huelgas Ensemble under passionate conductor A unique meditative pit stop just before the busy festival weekend. composed / Paul van Nevel will play Et Lux together with the German Minguet modern vocal Quartett. Their recording of Et Lux for the renowned ECM label has earned plaudits around the world. This will be their first performance of the work in the Netherlands.
‘Rihm took the title Et Lux from the line ‘et lux perpetua luceat eis’ (‘may everlasting light shine upon them’). To Rihm these words are a consolation but also deeply disquieting. He has forged a masterpiece from those tensions’ (*****) de Volkskrant
36 37 PLUG QUATUOR DIOTIMA Thomas Ankersmit / Slumberland / Jo Cailmo / Pierre Bastien Enno Poppe / Annelies van Parys / Pierre Boulez
Fri 11 Nov A chance to experience dynamic sound experiments, liberating walls Last year’s astonishing November Music performances by Quatuor Sat 12 Nov Kruithuis of noise, astute improvisations, and breath-taking installations. With Diotima were very moreish. Now the French ensemble is back De Toonzaal 9 PM - 1 AM its intimate, solemn atmosphere and small hidden rooms Kruithuis with new quartet pieces by Enno Poppe and Annelies van Parys, 12.30 - 1.30 PM € 12 / € 9 / € 6 is an ideal environment for the Plug fans among us. Sound artist two European top composers. November Music was one of the € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 Thomas Ankersmit pays homage to Dick Raaijmakers, the Dutch organizations to commission the German composer Enno Poppe to electronics / pioneer of electronic music. Ankersmit, an alto saxophonist by trade, write Buch in memory of French composer Pierre Boulez who died composed installations / has become an expert at creating wondrous sound universes on earlier this year. performances the Serge Analogue Modular Synthesizer. Earlier, he collaborated with drone composer Phill Niblock, Valerio Tricoli, and Kevin Drumm. Poppe’s quartet is an ode to Boulez’s ‘fantastic and overwhelming’ The programme also features the Belgian musician, guitarist, and Livre Pour Quatuor (1948/1960). Just before Boulez’ death, the film maker Jochem Baelus aka Slumberland, who presents his solo Quatuor Diotima had worked on a revision of this classical quartet. project, which is brimming with (extra) ordinary sound objects – It will play several movements of the pioneering work. The quartet from hair driers and musical sewing machines to mouth organs and also premieres a piece by Annelies Van Parys. She is from Belgium kalimbas made out of knitting needles. The evening kicks off with where she is one of today’s most successful composers. an expedition that takes the audience around all of the installations, plus performances by Jo Cailmo and Pierre Bastien.
38 39 WUNDERKAMMER A POSTCARD FROM ALEPPO NICOLINE SOETER MERLIJN TWAALFHOVEN / ABDELKADER BENALI Vonk Brigitte van Hagen, Arman Isleker Gharib, Modar Salameh, Judith van Driel, Lucas Dols and others
Sat 12 Nov Please enter composer Nicoline Soeter’s Wunderkammer (Cabinet Aleppo... the Syrian metropolis that goes back thousands of years Sat 12 Nov Pand 18 of Curiosities). She took her inspiration from the wondrous does barely exist any longer. Together with musicians who fled Bij Katrien 2 - 2.45 PM & collections assembled by the 17th-century Dutch botanist, Syria, Merlijn Twaalfhoven (composer) and Abdelkader Benali 2 - 2.45 PM 5 - 5.45 PM anatomist, and zoologist Frederik Ruysch. The result is a new music (author) have created a mini-opera based on postcards from Aleppo € 8 / € 5 / € 4 € 8 / € 5 / € 4 theatre performance for ensemble Vonk. The multifaceted soprano that were written by the people who remain there. A poetic and Rianne Wilbers, who sings Soeter’s mesmerizing texts, plays a intense tale of everyday events in a war-stricken city that suffers composed / world composed / music leading part. Saxophonist Tom Sanderman, clarinettist Erwin Muller, devastating hardships. music / music theatre plus percussionists Reggy van Bakel and special guest Mei-Yi Lee theatre accompany her. Theatre maker Marc van Vliet came up with a really ‘It was touching to witness this honest and naive project. strong image – the musicians are safely tucked away in glass display Music at its best is a means to connect.’ Trouw cases like exhibits in a museum.
40 41 BOW HAMMER CONNECTION Brendan Faegre / David Lang / David Dramm / Sonic Youth and others
From a Sonic Youth cover to David Lang latest work. Violinist Isa Sat 12 Nov Goldschmeding, composer/drummer Brendan Faegre, and sound Bank van Leening director Micha de Kanter present a diverse and dynamic programme 3.30 - 4.30 PM entitled Bow Hammer Connection, which features works that are € 8 / € 5 / € 4 created by living US composers. November Music commissioned artistic composed / leader Brendan Faegre to write Dance Suite in G with dubstep, drum ‘n electronics bass, and acid house acting as inspiration.
FALSE MEMORIES EVELIEN VAN DEN BROEK Tony Roe, Koen Kaptijn, Richard van Kruysdijk, Evelien van den Broek
Sat 12 Nov False Memories is a performance with vocal components at the Theater Artemis interface of experimental rock, electronics, and contemporary LIT SCENES JESSE PASSENIER 3.30 - 4.30 PM music. It finds itself somewhere between Björk and Portishead’s The Fluid Orchestra € 8 / € 5 / € 4 experimental pop and the composed folk fantasies created by Luciano Berio and Kurt Weill. British artist A.R. Hopwood’s The talented composer Jesse Passenier has developed an innovative Sat 12 Nov electronics / variegated collection of texts in The False Memory Archive acted as style that straddles the boundaries between classical music and Verkadefabriek composed / pop / a source of inspiration for composer/singer Evelien van den Broek. jazz. He launches The Fluid Orchestra at November Music 2016. Cabaretfirma visuals The archive consists of anonymously sent memories of events that The eight-strong ensemble comprises, among others, Dudok 5 - 6 PM never took place. Artist Marcel Wierckx has visualised the memories. Quartet. The suite Lit Scenes is overflowing with lyrical melodies that € 8 / € 5 / € 4 are embedded in colourful harmonies and moods. Anne Gentenaar jazz / composed / *At 3 pm there will be a public interview A.R. Hopwood. will create live visuals. Jesse Passenier has worked as an arranger visuals for Metropole Orchestra, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, and 42 Noordpool Orkest. 43 MANEUVERS FOR SMALL HANDS ROBERT ASHLEY Reinier van Houdt
Robert Ashley is regarded as one of the most important US Sat 12 Nov composers of the past decades, Reinier van Houdt, one of the Artuarium Netherlands’ most adventurous pianists, dives into the rarely 3.30 - 4.30 PM performed work Maneuvers For Small Hands (1961) a type of € 8 / € 5 / € 4 philosophical puzzle box with 110 cards on which the actions that a pianist can carry out have been printed in novel notation. “Performing composed / Maneuvers is like visiting a film set or match. It is a philosophical improvisation / thriller with a mysterious denouement”, Van Houdt states. performance
EEN BEHOORLIJK KABAAL Jacqueline Oskamp
Jacqueline Oskamp presents a reading (in Dutch) that shines a light Sat 12 Nov URSAE MINORIS on her book Een behoorlijk kabaal - Een cultuurgeschiedenis van Verkadefabriek CLAUDIO BARONI Nederland in the 20e eeuw (Ambo|Anthos). Never before have musical Filmzaal 4 Dario Calderone, Claudio Baroni, Joost Rekveld ideas been directly connected to social developments, historic events, 2 - 3 PM and the ever-changing spirit of the times. no cover charge Sat 12 Nov Ursae Minoris for contrabass and live electronics takes its cues lecture Verkadefabriek from the Little Dipper constellation map. “I used transcriptions of Kleine Zaal star patterns to produce the musical information for this piece such 5 - 5.45 PM as pitch and register. The final score provides the musician with ALLES WAT KLINKT € 8 / € 5 / € 4 the opportunity to play around with form and time,” says composer Theo Loevendie / Marieke Rodenburg Claudio Baroni. He will roam the starry night sky together with composed / virtuoso contrabassist Dario Calderone. A brand-new live video by Documentary by Marieke Rodenburg on the Dutch composer and Sat 12 Nov electronics / artist Joost Rekveld accompanies them on their journey. jazzartist Theo Loevendie. In 2014 his opera The Rise of Spinoza VF Filmzaal 4 visuals premiered in the Concertgebouw. 3 - 4 PM no cover charge 44 film 45 LAVINIA MEIJER Bryce Dessner / Philip Glass / Ellis Ludwig-Leone
Composer Bryce Dessner, guitarist of the well-known American rock Sat 12 Nov band The National, has written a solo piece for Lavinia Meijer. The W2 Poppodium brand-new harp composition will receive its baptism at November 7 - 8 PM Music. In addition, work by the up-and-coming New York composer € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 Ellis Ludwig-Leone will be premiered. Ludwig-Leone took the world by storm with his adventurous indie rock band San Fermin. During composed / this first Saturday night concert Meijer will also play a selection from minimal music VINCENT PEIRANI LIVING BEING QUINTET Etudes by Philip Glass, who personally helped her to fine-tune the virtuoso harp arrangements over a number of hours. Sat 12 Nov In the hands of Vincent Peirani the accordions tends to transform Verkadefabriek explosively. ‘A legend in the marking,’ as the Süddeutsche Zeitung HARPER SONGS Clubzaal wrote after seeing him play. The Frenchman has been declared jazz JACOBTV 7 - 8.15 PM musician of the year in his own country as well as Germany. It is Lavinia Meijer, Nora Fischer, Niek KleinJan, Christiaan Saris € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 clear that he has given the old instrument a new lease of life. Peirani has been influenced by many genres – rock, blues, folk music – but The second evening concert features harpist Lavinia Meijer as she Sat 12 Nov jazz / world music he knows how to bend music to his will. The results range from plays works by Dutch composer JacobTV. Harper Songs is about W2 Poppodium atmospheric, almost classical compositions to pieces that are life and death. About a devastating earthquake in China, Hillary 9.30 - 10.30 PM bursting with condensed rock energy. The future of jazz has just Clinton’s bleating laughter, crack-addicted prostitutes in New York, € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 acquired an additional hue. With Emile Parisien (saxophone), Tony and ancient Egyptian funeral texts. Harper Songs contains new Paeleman (Fender Rhodes), Julien Herné (bass) and Yoann Serra work and older compositions that JacobTV wrote for Lavinia Meijer, composed / pop (drums). including the controversial Cities Change the Songs of Birds and the pleasant Pastorale. Singer Nora Fischer and percussionists Niek 46 KleinJan and Christiaan Saris also participate in the programme. 47 EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT PHILHARMONIE ZUIDNEDERLAND JENNIFER WALSHE LED BY JAMIE PHILLIPS Arditti Quartet & Jennifer Walshe Willem Jeths / Detlev Glanert / Wim Henderickx
Sat 12 Nov A challenging pact between the Arditti Quartet, one of the Tonight November Music is a place where three countries meet. Sat 12 Nov De Toonzaal most lauded contemporary string quartets in the world, and The South Netherlands Philharmonic plays orchestral works from Grote Kerk 7 - 7.45 PM the adventurous Irish composer Jennifer Walshe. Everything is Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. The three contemporary 8.30 - 9.45 PM € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 important is a declaration of love to life on Earth where everything is composers sought (and found) inspiration in the magical world of the € 18 / € 15 / € 9 interconnected. She was commissioned to write the composition by painter Hieronymus Bosch. Two of Willem Jeths’ works are included. composed / music various international festivals, including November Music, and will He used texts from poet Pé Hawinkels’ cycle Bosch & Bruegel composed / modern theatre / modern do the vocal parts herself. Jennifer Walshe is known for her ground- for Quale Coniugium. For Monument to a Universal Marriage he vocal vocal breaking musical performances, which reveal unexpected links made a new arrangement for the orchestra as well as for the vocal between different art disciplines. soloists Francine Vis and Mijke Sekhuis. The Belgian composer Wim Henderickx used Bosch’s hell as a source of inspiration for his intense orchestral work Le Visioni Tue Paura. The programme also features Detlev Glanert’s Fünfzehn Karikaturen, an incisive score dripping with dark irony in the spirit of Bosch.
*A composer portrait of Willem Jeths, written by Joep Christenhusz and initiated by November Music will be presented during the concert.
48 49 SYNOVIAL JOINTS ARDITTI QUARTET STEVE COLEMAN Willem Jeths / Detlev Glanert / Hans Werner Henze Steve Coleman and The Council of Balance & DoelenEnsemble
Sat 12 Nov The grandly conceived Synovial Joints by US saxophonist Steve The famous British Arditti Quartet returns to November Music with a Sun 13 Nov Verkadefabriek Coleman is the realisation of an unparalleled pact between jazz, recital that is adapted to the festival. They play pieces by composers De Toonzaal Grote Zaal minimal music, world music, and contemporary composed. Coleman in focus Willem Jeths (String quartet No. 3) and Detlev Glanert 11 AM - 12 PM 9 - 10.15 PM has been regarded as one of the most progressive American jazz (String quartet No. 2). Glanert wrote the quartet to honour his then € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 € 22 / € 19 / € 11 musicians for years and Synovial Joints is a temporary culmination 80-year old teacher Hans Werner Henze. The latter’s elegiac String of his oeuvre. The suite was written for a large ensemble comprising quartet No. 5 (In Memoriam Benjamin Britten) in which Glanert gives composed jazz / composed / jazz as well as classical musicians. In addition to Coleman, the free reign to the full range of his lyrical expression, will also be on world music Council of Balance consists of regular buddies such as trumpet the programme. player Jonathan Finlayson and drummer Dan Weiss. The Americans will share the stage with the Dutch DoelenEnsemble.
‘It sounds fabulous. Themes emerge and disappear, overruled by the strings or even the vocals. As you continue to listen, you slowly forget any conceptual thoughts. The beautiful ensemble playing sweeps you off your feet.’ (****) de Volkskrant
50 51 DE OPTOCHT BEELDENSTORM PIET-JAN VAN ROSSUM / TOON TELLEGEN PETER-JAN WAGEMANS / KEES VAN DER ZWAARD Ives Ensemble, Toon Tellegen, Joop Keesmaat, Han Buhrs Muziektheater Hollands Diep, Barokensemble Concerto d’Amsterdam, Björk Nielsdottir, Marieke van Leeuwen, Kees van der Zwaard
Sun 13 Nov Toon Tellegen’s epic poetry collection De Optocht (The procession) The iconoclastic fury (= beeldenstorm) that started in the 16th Sun 13 Nov Verkadefabriek (2012) tells us that the end of days is nigh. Tellegen has joined century rages on in refugee crises and religious struggles. Orangerie Grote Zaal forces with composer Piet-Jan van Rossum and the Ives Ensemble Composer Peter-Jan Wagemans courageously tackles such topical 5 - 6 PM 1 - 3.30 PM to stage this razor-sharp procession in the spirit of Bosch. The texts issues in his musical drama Beeldenstorm, together with writer € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 are narrated by performer Han Buhrs, actor Joop Keesmaat, and Kees van der Zwaard. In this thrilling and brand-new music theatre Tellegen himself. performance, an iconoclastic storm rises between a brother and composed / music composed / music sister in an imaginary country. Tensions lead to conflict and spur theatre / modern theatre Van Rossum says this about De Optocht: “I think that Tellegen’s a search for new truths. Wagemans’s expressive sound theatre vocal almost baroque text requires a serene musical counterpart. is staged by Muziektheater Hollands Diep and directed by Cilia Whereas the writing is fanciful and ornamental, the music will use Hogerzeil. extended lines that can captivate the audience over a long period of time.” Van Rossum’s work takes two-and-a-half hours to unfold. It incorporates the musical and ritual aspects of the Japanese Noh theatre. Petra van der Schoot directs the piece and provides the visuals.
52 *The concert lasts for 2,5 hours without a break. 53 AMSTERDAM SINFONIETTA & ISABELLE VAN KEULEN REMBRANDT FRERICHS TRIO & CELLO8CTET Philip Glass / Jonny Greenwood / John Zorn AMSTERDAM FT. HOSSEIN ALIZADEH
Sun 13 Nov Master minimalist Philip Glass dedicated his second violin concerto This year, too, musicians who move freely between genres are Sun 13 Nov Grote Kerk to the passing of the seasons. Violin Concerto no.2: The American in charge of the closing concert. November Music asked (jazz) Verkadefabriek 6.45 - 7.45 PM Four Seasons has rarely been performed in the Netherlands. Star pianist Rembrandt Frerichs to write a special composition. He will Grote Zaal € 15 / € 12 / € 7,50 violinist Isabelle van Keulen and Amsterdam Sinfonietta devote be undertaking a cross-border globetrotting trip with guests from 8.30 - 9.45 PM themselves to this late masterpiece. different musical worlds. The permanent members of his jazz trio € 20 / € 17 / € 10 composed / (contrabassist Tony Overwater and percussionist Vinsent Planjer) minimal music In addition to Glass two other contemporary composers take accompany him and the renowned Cello8ctet Amterdam is also composed / jazz / centre stage; both are blessed with a very distinctive musical invited. For good reason; the eight cellists play contemporary as well world music voice. Amsterdam Sinfonietta plays John Zorn’s Kol Nidre. The US as classical music and composers such as Arvo Pärt and Terry Riley composer has set the Aramaic declaration to music in his inimitable are fans. way. The result is an intense and melancholic work for strings. Also included is the film score There Will be Blood, written by the British Hossein Alizadeh, too, is a very welcome guest. The music website composer Jonny Greenwood, a multi-instrumentalist with a ‘day job’ Allmusic descibed him as one of Iran’s leading classical composers as guitarist with Radiohead. and musicians. Alizadeh is a virtuoso on Persian lutes (both tar and setar) who has collaborated with Djivan Gasparyan and the Masters of Persian Music. Frerichs’ journey promises to be a deep, spiritual, and magnificent sound adventure. 54 55 HOW KUNST DOES IT MUZIEK WORK? ROUTE SUN 13 NOV
Access NORTHERN JAZZ ROUTE Tickets for the KunstmuziekRoute meant as thematic suggestions. Visitors can DANCE MUSIC ROUTE give access to all concerts and can be opt for any concert from any route. HIERONYMUS BOSCH ROUTE exchanged for a wristband at one of the WORLD ROUTE concert locations on the day. Visitor are Can I buy a wristband on the door? PERFORMANCE ROUTE free to compose their own route. Most Yes, wristbands can be purchased at PREMIERE ROUTE concerts are performed multiple times to the entrance to a concert location. If you NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK ROUTE make the choice easier. During some of have bought a ticket in advance it can the concerts you can come and go as you be exchanged for a wristband at one the Sun 13 Nov Walking or cycling? It is just one of many dilemmas that you will face like. Although a ticket (or wristband) is valid locations. Various locations during the ‘traditional’ KunstmuziekRoute that is part of November for all of the concerts that are part of the 11.30 AM - 6 PM Music every last Sunday of the festival. Wonderful venues in downtown KunstmuziekRoute only a limited number Do I have to be on time? € 18 / € 15 / € 9 ‘s Hertogenbosch will open their doors between 11.30 AM and 6 PM to of visitors can be accommodated so make t is not always possible to enter or leave a host the KunstmuziekRoute concerts. A single ticket gives access to sure you arrive on time. Once the maximum concert that is in progress. If performances composed / jazz / approximately 25 different concerts and performances. You can ‘curate’ has been reached THAT’S IT. No one else are quiet or set in a small space it would be world music / your own programme. Even though routes have been mapped out, will be allowed in. disruptive if people come and go as they electronics / pop / none of these suggestions are obligatory. please. The schedule (p. 12-13) shows music theatre / Thematic routes whether access/exiting is possible after the installations The routes (for example the Performance start of the performance. Route or Northern Jazz Route) are just 56 57 NORTHERN NORTHERN JAZZ JAZZ ROUTE ROUTE
NILS ØKLAND BAND MICHAEL WOLLNY TRIO
12 - 1.15 PM Norwegian folk music, baroque excesses, Balkan folk, Americana, ‘… one of the European jazz scene’s most prolific and most 4 - 5.15 PM Verkadefabriek psychedelic rock, and free improvisation: violinist Nils Økland is unpredictable performers’, said All About Jazz about the German Verkadefabriek Clubzaal an open-minded improvisator and musical explorer. His album pianist Michael Wollny. His music is emotional, full of lyrical insights Clubzaal Visitors can enter Kjølvatn on ECM won great praise last year. The Norwegian virtuoso and intensely virtuoso. He plays original compositions but also Visitors can enter at any time musician has brewed a unique amalgam that spans centuries of comes up with surprising arrangements, influenced by sources of at any time music. ‘A beautiful recording’, wrote The Guardian. The five-piece inspiration such as Bob Dylan, Prince, Wolfgang Rihm, and Franz jazz / chamber Nils Økland Band, featuring Mats Eilertsen on double bass and Schubert. The eclectic Wollny is top of the bill in his own country. He jazz music / folk Sigbjørn Apeland on harmonium, is sensational live on stage. plays the grand piano during the KunstmuziekRoute with his new trio which further consists of bassist Christian Weber and percussionist Eric Shaefer.
NORTHERN JAZZ GIRLS IN AIRPORTS 4 - 3.15 PM ROUTE Girls in Airports skims over the contemporary jazz landscape in W2 Poppodium freefall. The five Danish musicians are led by saxophonists Martin Visitors can enter Stender and Lars Greve. The group released its fourth album Fables at any time on Edition Records (UK) last year. jazz / ‘Since releasing its self-titled debut in 2010, the Danish group Girls electronics / in Airports has managed to create their own expression, a unique world blend of Nordic jazz lyricism, indie-rock influences and sounds from around the world, including the pentatonic scales of Ethiopian music, dub sounds of Jamaica and Brazilian rhythms. This is truly a globalized band if there ever was one.’ (*****) All About Jazz
58 59 DANCE DANCE MUSIC MUSIC ROUTE ROUTE
THE BOLD, THE BOUND & THE BRITTLE MEIN LIEBLING – CHAPTER #1 JELENA KOSTIC´ / DYANE DONCK T.R.A.S.H. / DAAU
1 - 1.45 PM & Meet Virginia: rigid, tough, reticent. Viviane: sarcastic and spastic ‘T.r.a.s.h. is hellish. It grabs you by the throat and touches the 1 - 1.30 PM & 5.15 - 6 PM and not afraid of anyone. And V. who will remain anonymous: depths of your soul’, wrote Brabants Dagblad. The dance company 4 - 4.30 PM Bank van Leening silent, charged like a ticking time bomb. They indulge in personal, latches on to the audience with unstoppable physical impact. Their Theater Artemis No entrance during destructive and erotic moments until made redundant in creations certainly leave a mark. T.r.a.s.h. offers a taste of its latest Bovenzaal the performance choreographer Jelena Kostíć’s unbridled new dance performance set performance at the KunstmuziekRoute; a duet for and with T.r.a.s.h. No entrance during to composer Dyane Donck’s pervasive electronic music. With cellist dancers Lucie Petrusová and Eleni Ploumi which is part of the the performance dance / Jacqueline Hamelink and dancers Judit Ruiz Onandi and Noëmi Mein Liebling project. The two women dance impassionedly to the electronics Wagner. atmospheric music of Antwerp band DAAU (Die Anarchistische dance / Abendunterhaltung). The choreography is by Kristel van Issum. performance / pop
DANCE MUSIC BAGATELLES ROUTE ANA MORALES / ENRIQUE TOMÁS
Robots and sound objects engage in a blistering duet with a 12 - 12.30 PM & flamenco dancer. Bagatelles is flamenco dancing but not as anyone 1.30 - 2 PM & knows it. Dancer and choreographer Ana Morales and sound artist 3 - 3.30 PM Enrique Tomás’ unique flamenco event created a sensation at the Verkadefabriek Flamenco Biennale 2015. It combines impromptu flamenco with Cabaretfirma live electronics and extraordinary sound objects. Ana Morales from No entrance during Barcelona performs a dance of life; her fiery movements act as a the performance trigger to various instruments. dance / flamenco / electronics 60 61 HIERONYMUS HIERONYMUS BOSCH BOSCH ROUTE ROUTE
CAPPELLA PRATENSIS & PAUL VAN KEMENADE DE HEMELSE HEL VAN JEROEN BOSCH AART STROOTMAN / MARCO MLYNEK Storini Trio, Aart Strootman, Marco Mlynek
11.30 -12 AM & A high-spirited courtship between contemporary improvised How would a musician’s hell sound if pictured by Hieronymus Bosch? 1 - 1.30 PM & 2 - 2.30 PM & music and a polyphonic renaissance choir. Alto saxophonist Paul Composers Aart Strootman and Marco Mlynek wrote new work for the 2.30 - 3 PM & 3.30 - 4 PM van Kemenade used a timeless sound palette in his earlier work, classical Storioni Trio and two homemade fantasy instruments like the 4 - 4.30 PM Groot Gasthuis Fantasy Colours. Now the renaissance choir Cappella Pratensis and ones portrayed in the hell section of Bosch’ painting The Garden of De Toonzaal Visitors can enter Van Kemenade are back with an equally successful sequel. Jazz and Earthly Delights. Strootman plays a kind of ‘lute harp’ in his composition No entrance during at any time medieval polyphony enter into a revolutionary duologue. Together Tenebrae and Mlynek has built a colossal hardy-gurdy to use in his the performance with Wiro Mahieu on bass Van Kemenade joins Cappella Pratensis’ drone composition Tremors. In addition the Storioni Trio – Wouter jazz / vocal / four vocalists who are led by Stratton Bull. Vossen (violin), Marc Vossen (cello), and Bart van de Roer (piano) – composed composed performs pieces by other Dutch composers.
HIERONYMUS BOSCH GIUDECCA ROUTE AART STROOTMAN Aart Strootman & Nora Fischer 1.45 - 2.15 PM & A brand-new collaboration between composer/guitarist Aart 3.15 - 3.45 PM & Strootman and soprano Nora Fischer. Strootman’s composition 4.45 - 5.15 PM Giudecca was commissioned by November Music. The title is De Toonzaal derived from the name of the lowest circle of hell in Dante’s Inferno. No entrance during The composition describes a descent into those gruesome depths. the performance “The text is built from sentences that provide insights into the environment. Owing to the absence of characters and interaction composed Giudecca is pared down to an orchestrated staging that is both alienating and oppressive,” reveals the composer. 62 63 WORLD WORLD ROUTE ROUTE
BOMBAY BAZAAR AMSTERDAMS ANDALUSISCH ORKEST JACOBTV
12 - 12.30 PM & A marriage made in heaven between classical, improvised, and The Amsterdams Andalusisch Orkest is an extraordinary association 2.30 - 3 PM & 1 - 1.30 PM & Indian music. Bombay Bazaar from the Netherlands is a crossover of musicians whose main point of focus is the continuation of 4 - 4.30 PM & 2 - 2.30 PM ensemble in the purest sense of the word. Composer JacobTV’s Moorish-Andalusian musical traditions. The orchestra has played 5.30 - 6 PM Noordbrabants ideas are pushing the boundaries as ever. They are the springboard with big names such as Zainab Afailal, Marouane Hajji, and Samira Bij Katrien Museum Statenzaal for this fascinating ensemble consisting of violinist Lenneke van Kadiri in recent years. This is AAO’s ode to Ziryab, father of the oud. Visitors can enter No entrance during Staalen, Indian music specialist, tabla player Heiko Dijker, and the His musical innovations have provided a strong impulse to the tarab at any time the performance Matangi String Quartet. There is a wide range of influences – from andalusi (a deeply emotional and passionate response). Ziryab has the master of minimalism Terry Riley and classical ragas to the had a lasting impact on Europe’s cultural and musical landscape. world / composed world / composed lyricism of modern rock – which merge into an intense, melancholic musical experience that will leave no one untouched.
WORLD ROUTE NIZAR ROHANA
Composer Nizar Rohana was born in Palestine. He mixes 1.30 - 2 PM & contemporary music with the ancient tradition of the oud, a beautiful 3 - 3.30 PM & string instrument that is often heard in Arabic music. After studying 4 - 4.30 PM musicology, oud, and composition Rohana has been performing all Museum Slager over the world. As part of the KunstmuziekRoute he plays intense Visitors can enter solo pieces that borrow from eastern as well as western music. at any time
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64 65 PERFOR- PERFOR- MANCE THE ENTRANCE MANCE ROUTE ROBERT ASHLEY ROUTE Reinier van Houdt
Robert Ashley is seen as one of the most important US composers 5 - 8 PM of the past decades. Pianist Reinier van Houdt closely collaborated Verkadefabriek with Ashley (who died in 2014) on The Entrance (1966), a clever Cabaretfirma game that requires 400 coins in 36 stacks, heads or tails on the Visitors can enter black and white keys of two pianos. at any time FALSE MEMORIES (SHORT VERSION) composed / EVELIEN VAN DEN BROEK improvisation Tony Roe, Koen Kaptijn, Richard van Kruysdijk, Evelien van den Broek
11.30 AM - 12 PM False Memories is a musical performance with songs at the interface YES, BUT IS IT EDIBLE? PERFOR- & 2 - 2.30 PM & of experimental rock, electronics, and contemporary classical. It falls ROBERT ASHLEY MANCE 3 - 3.30 PM somewhere between Björk and Portishead’s quirky rock and Luciano Will Holder / Alex Waterman ROUTE Theater Artemis Berio and Kurt Weill’s composed folk fantasies. The False Memory Benedenzaal Archive, set up by British artist A.R. Hopwood, contains a variegated The operas that US composer Robert Ashley (1930-2014) created 1 - 2 PM & No entrance during collection of texts that was the source of inspiration for composer/ are among the most innovative works of the 20th century. He could 3 - 4 PM the performance singer Evelien van den Broek. be called the James Joyce of opera. The vocabulary that he devised SM’s electronics / is brimming with anecdotal witticisms, stream of consciousness No entrance during composed / pop poetry, and the vernacular. Artist/writer Will Holder and cellist/ the performance composer Alex Waterman published a collection of Ashley’s poetry. music theatre PERFOR- This ‘reading concert’ sees Holder and Waterman recite certain MANCE fragments in Ashley’s spirit. ROUTE
PERFOR- INSTRUMENT INVENTORS INITIATIVE MANCE ROUTE
Deeply hidden in Kruithuis’ labyrinth vaults are sound installations, 12 - 12.30 PM & NYX DYANE DONCK & ELS MONDELAERS homemade instruments, and idiosyncratic performances presented 1 - 1.30 PM & by the members of the Instrument Inventors Initiative (iii). Composer/ 2 - 2.30 PM & 3 - 3.30 PM & Armed with headphones you immerse yourself in an adventurous sound artist Matteo Marangoni is the curator. 3 - 3.30 PM& 4 - 4.30 PM trip through the realms of sound. The Belgian mezzosoprano 4 - 4.30 PM Stadsbibliotheek Els Mondelaers and Dutch composer Dyane Donck present a Kruithuis Visitors can enter performance that revolves around an (obsessive) love for fashion, Visitors can enter at any time horror, classical singing, psychedelic rock, pumping beats, and live- at any time electronics / pop / electronics. installations / modern vocal electronics 67 PREMIERE PREMIERE ROUTE ROUTE
SOLO SONGS FOR INSTRUMENTS JANCO VERDUIN / ORKEST DE EREPRIJS IG HENNEMAN Wilbert Bulsink
12 - 12.30 PM & Composer Ig Henneman has created a cycle for solo instruments The visual arts and music are closely intertwined in composer Janco 12.30 - 1 PM & 1 - 1.30 PM & that is loosely based on the poetry of Ingeborg Bachmann, Nanao Verduin’s new multimedia performance. He joins forces with orkest 1.30 - 2 PM & 2.30 - 3 PM & Sakaki, Anneke Brassinga, and Sarah Anne Lawson. The music de ereprijs, artist Florian de Visser, and Hammond organist Wilbert 5.30- 6 PM 4 - 4.30 PM contains guided improvisations and specific vocal elements. The Bulsink. Verduin explores our perception of images and sound. Verkadefabriek De Muzerije Hofzaal concert features pieces that were written for violinist Diamanda The Hammond organ is an ideal vehicle for Verduin thanks to its Kleine Zaal No entrance during La Berge Dramm, violist Elisabeth Smalt, clarinettist Anna voor de evocative nature and broad sound spectrum. De Visser and Verduin No entrance during the performance Wind, and bassoonist Dana Jessen plus improvisations for clarinet/ focus on the deceptive qualities of perception and our ability to the performance composed / shakuhachi and viola by the Baars-Henneman Duo. deploy human-made technologies to shape ourselves. The result is composed / visuals improvisation a concert piece that uses images as groovy counterpoint.
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TEN DIPOLES MAYKE NAS ASPASIA NASOPOULOU / HORST RICKELS Slagwerk Den Haag / Biënnale Cello Band Seldom Sene
3.30 - 4 PM & Sophisticated humour, anecdotal seriousness, and theatrical Ten musical miniatures for 26 different recorders. Composer 12.30 - 1 PM & 4.30 - 5 PM absurdism alternate with well thought-out composed subtleties in Aspasia Nasopoulou wrote a composition for the recorder quintet 1.30 - 2 PM & Verkadefabriek Dutch composer Mayke Nas’ oeuvre. As part of the Cello Biennale Seldom Sene plus customized wind instruments, which have been 3 - 3.30 PM Kleine Zaal she wrote new works for four cellists, percussion ensemble, and specifically developed for this piece by sound artist Horst Rickels De Muzerije Atrium No entrance during (ad hoc) orchestra. There will also be some One Page Compositions and spatial designer Ernst Dullemond. No entrance during the performance by well-known Dutch composers. the performance composed electronics / 68 composed 69 NEW KIDS ON NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK THE BLOCK ROUTE ROUTE
ROGIER TELDERMAN MATTEO MIJDERWIJK’S POLYTRIGGER
12.30 - 1 PM & Composition and improvisation seamlessly merge under Rogier The spanking new band Polytrigger, headed by pianist Matteo 1.30 - 2 PM & 2 - 2.30 PM & Telderman’s capable hands. ‘Music is a living organism,’ according Mijderwijk, lets rhythms somersault and tumble over each other. 2.30 - 3 PM & 3.30 - 4 PM to the pianist/composer who was designated a Young VIP last Together with drummer Remco Menting (Kapok) and saxophonist 3.30 - 4 PM Azijnfabriek year by Dutch jazz programmers. November Music commissioned Marc Alberto (Jett Rebel, among others) he creates mesmerising Artuarium No entrance during Telderman to write a composition; he has assembled an ensemble sound structures driven by rhythmical developments, which leave Visitors can enter the performance with an extraordinary wind section but within a chamber music the trio plenty of room for improvisation and sound searching. at any time setting. The focus is on stratification; Telderman challenges the jazz / composed traditional division of musical roles. With Alex Simu, (clarinets), Mark jazz /electronics Alban Lotz (flutes), and Efe Erdem (trombone).
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK VANDRYVER ROUTE
Classical saxophonist Lotte Pen and singer/songwriter Arjen 4.45 - 6 PM van Wijk have clicked – in a big way! Live on stage, VanDryver W2 Poppodium effortlessly fuses influences from dreamy indie rock, baroque pop, Visitors can enter minimal music, and electronic dance. Their ambitious cross-over at any time uses horn, flute, harp, vibraphone, and saxophone and revolves around Arjen van Wijk’s melodious voice. pop / composed
70 71 Willem Jeths, JacobTV, Detlev Glanert and Aart Strootman are the composers COMPOSERS IN FOCUS in focus at November Music 2016. Their existing as well as new works will be performed throughout the festival. WILLEM JETHS DETLEV GLANERT
Concerts: Willem Jeths (1959) has written numerous pieces for chamber Concerts: Detlev Glanert (1960) is Germany’s most frequently --The Conspiracy music and orchestra. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, --Bosch Requiem Fri 4 Nov performed opera composer. His operas, orchestral, and of Claudius Civilis Asko Ensemble, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, and Concertgebouw Orkest & chamber music works share a lyrical musical language. Fri 11 Nov | Erik Kronos Quartet commissioned his pieces and he was declared Groot Omroepkoor (p14) Glanert is influenced by the romantic tradition but he Bosgraaf (p 33) Holland’s very first Composer Laureate in 2014. Jeths is --Fünfzehn Karikaturen always approaches it from a contemporary perspective. --Quale Coniugium, prepared to go to extremes but he does not shy away from Sat 12 Nov | philharmonie Monument to aural beauty. As he himself says, “Precisely taking tradition zuidnederland (p 49) a Universal Marriage as your point of departure will make it possible to navigate --Tweede Strijkkwartet Sat 12 Nov | philharmonie new paths”. A composer portrait of Willem Jeths, written by Sun 13 Nov | Arditti Quartet zuidnederland (p 49) Joep Christenhusz and initiated by November Music, will be (p 51) --String quartet No. 3 presented during the concert. Sun 13 Nov | Arditti Quartet (p 51)
JACOBTV AART STROOTMAN
Concerts: JacobTV (Jacob Ter Veldhuis, 1951) started out as a rock Concerts: Composer/guitarist Aart Strootman (1987) is banging on --The News musician before studying composition and electronics. He --Wed 9 Nov | TEMKO the doors of the contemporary music industry. Thanks to his Tue 8 Nov | f.c. received the Composition Award in 1980. His pieces come from ft. Nik Bärtsch (p 26) innovative take on musical genres and styles there is little Jongbloed led by Aart the heart, delight the ear, and are always designed to make --Songs from a Dark Past doubt that he is destined for greatness. Already, Strootman Strootman (p 25) an impact. The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York Thurs 10 Nov | Stargaze has been a soloist with the Britten Sinfonia, played with --Harper Songs recently dedicated a three-day festival to his work. JacobTV (p 31) the radio orchestra of the Hessische Rundfunk, and the Sat 12 Nov | Lavinia won the BUMA Classical Award 2015 as the best Dutch --Tenebrae | Sun 13 Nov New York Philharmonic. He also participates in the groups Meijer (p 47) classical export product of the year. His music synthesizes very Storioni Trio & Aart Stargaze, TEMKO, and the Stadhouders & Strootman --Serendipity diverse influences ranging from classical, contemporary, jazz, Strootman (p 63) Duo. Aart Strootman is supported by the New Makers Sun 13 Nov | Bombay and rock to pop art. --Giudecca | Sun 13 Nov arrangement of the Performing Arts Fund via November Bazaar (p 64) Nora Fischer & Aart Music. Strootman (p 63) 72 73 MAP AND LOCATIONS CITADELLAAN
’S-HERTOGENBOSCH BOSCHDIJKSTRAAT1 3 1 Verkadefabriek Boschdijkstraat 45 2 DIEZEBRUG 2 Willem II Fabriek Boschveldweg 471 TRAMKADE 3 W2 Poppodium Boschveldweg 473 BRUG EL VELDWEG PLEIN G IN 4 Kruithuis Citadellaan 7 S N
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SINT JOSEPHSTRAAT T 11 14 Museum Slager Choorstraat 8 BOISSINGEL SNELLESTRAAT 12 15 MARKT HINTHAMERSTRAAT
15 Bank van Leening Schilderstraat 33 ST JANSSINGEL SCHILDER
JULIANA PRINSENSTR MONS ST JACOBSTR ST PLEIN T 7 16 Jheronimus Bosch Art Center K R 13 MAGISTRATENLAAN A M KERKSTRAAT N VERWERSTRAAT 14 Jeroen Boschplein 2 E
P PARADE A 16 H VD DOES DE WILLE C S ACH.H.W STADHUIS 17 Azijnfabriek Bethaniestraat 4 O L
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November Music 2016 takes place at various locations in ACCESS ’s-Hertogenbosch. The conservatory (serre) in Verkadefabriek is & PARKING the central festival hub. A place to meet up, drink, or lounge to the November Music takes place at various locations in ’s-Hertogenbosch soundtrack provided by our DJs. National radio station VPRO will (see street plan). Verkadefabriek, the central festival hub, is easily broadcast live from Verkadefabriek. accessible by train and car. There is plenty of parking space around Verkadefabriek. The multi-storey car parks Wolvenhoek or St.-Jan are convenient to the other concert venues in the city centre. Renting an TICKETS OV bicycle could be handy if you intend to visit various locations within You can buy tickets for November Music 2016 (m.u.v. Bosch a short space of time. Requiem) via www.novembermusic.net or at the box office in Verkadefabriek (T: 00 31 73 681 81 60). Throughout the festival, tickets can be bought at the concert venues unless they are sold out. ACCOMMODATION IN ’S-HERTOGENBOSCH Reserving a few days to visit November Music is worth it. And not DISCOUNT PASSES: just because of the music. ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) has a historic and hospitable city centre with plenty of things to see and MEDIUM & XL do. Accommodation is available in various hotels and B&Bs. Do you want to attend several concerts at November Music 2016 or take a group to a particular concert? Opt for an appropriate discount pass. With the Festival pass Medium (€ 12.50) you will get a € 3 discount on every ticket while it is possible to order multiple CONTACT tickets per concert. The Festival pass XL (€ 37.50) is personal November Music www.novembermusic.net and not transferable. You will get a 50% discount per concert ticket. Boschdijkstraat 45 [email protected] Once you have purchased a discount pass you should wait for the 5211 VD ’s-Hertogenbosch confirmation email before buying the tickets! The Netherlands
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Stichting Dioraphte supports art and cultural Our contribution to November Music projects with a national or international impact. provides many Dutch composers with This year, too, November Music can count on our extra opportunities. Buma supports support for an international programme that aims and promotes music and jazz created to reach a general audience, right here, right by composers and lyricists from the now. Because culture is shared wealth. Netherlands.
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