Dutch Sessions (c) & (p) Holland symfonia Cobra Records 2008 Margriet van Reisen | mezzo-soprano - Kier | Martijn Padding (9:39) Holland Symfonia - The Wild Waters that Roar | Jeff Hamburg (8:53) - Three Michelangelo Songs | Tristan Keuris I. O notte, o dolce tempo (4:46) II. Sulla morte di Cecchino Bracci (3:29) III. Di morte certo, ma non gia dell’ora (6:51) - Seanchai | Willem Jeths (11:09) - La Lucerna del Mondo | Jacob ter Veldhuis (6:07) Margriet van Reisen | mezzo-soprano Cobra 0028 Cobra 0028 www.hollandsymfonia.com www.cobrarecords.com DutchSessions Cobra 0028 Page 36 DutchSessions Cobra 0028 Page 01 Cover HIER KLEBEN BITTE! DutchSessions Cobra 0028 Page 02 DutchSessions Cobra 0028 Page 35 Location: Philharmonie, Haarlem, The Netherlands Recording Date: july 1-4, 2008 Recording/mastering: Mediatrack Producer: Sven Arne Tepl Engineers, editing: Tom Peeters, Rico Yntema Text: Kees Wisse Translation: Frances Thé Text editor: Antoinette van Hoorn Foto’s: Marco Borggreve (Otto Tausk, Margriet van Reisen) Gerry Hurkmans Artwork: Egbert Luys (Mediatrack) Production co-ordinator: Irma van Gils Publishers: Novello (Keuris) Muziek Centrum Nederland (Padding, Hamburg, Jeths, Ter Veldhuis) DutchSessions Cobra 0028 Page 34 DutchSessions Cobra 0028 Page 03 Holland Symfonia Cello Trumpet Jaap Sytsma Hendrik Jan Lindhout Leader Hebe Mensinga Lies Schrier Huub Robeerts Magrita Rondeel Frank Anepool Violin 1 Iris Helle Marc Busscher Dutch Sessions Sara Hochstenbach Graham Summersgill Holland Symfonia | Otto Tausk Suzanne Huynen Tanne Comello Trombone Christian Höfer Xandra Rotteveel Bram Peeters Robert Cekov Anton van Houten Bert van den Hoek Bass Wouter Iseger - (9:39) Jan Eelco Prins Rob Zeelenberg Remco de Jager Kier | Martijn Padding Rob Zwueste Annelies Hemmes Koen Kaptijn - The Wild Waters that Roar | Jeff Hamburg (8:53) Gijs van der Grinten Erik Jan de Wit Jenke de Vries - Three Michelangelo Songs * | Tristan Keuris Nelleke Scholten Vladimir Chirkine Tuba I. O notte, o dolce tempo (4:46) Radka Dijkstra-Dohnalova Annemieke Marinkovic Michael Pietersen II. Sulla morte di Cecchino Bracci (3:29) - 34 - Katharina Schönberg Flute III. Di morte certo, ma non gia dell’ora (6:51) Jan Opsitos Janneke Speckmann Timpani Margriet van Reisen | mezzo-soprano Violin 2 Karin Leutscher Bouwe de Jong - (11:09) Sandra Karres Marie-Cécile de Wit Percussion Seanchai | Willem Jeths Inge Jongerman - La Lucerna del Mondo | Jacob ter Veldhuis (6:07) Oboe Richard Jansen Paul van Coeverden Marieke Schut Rene Oussoren Jefke van Kerkwijk Arjan Roos Atanas Petrov Fernando Ramírez Willy Streefkerk Rogier van der Tweel Rosemary Tyldesley Bart de Vrees Willy Ebbens Clarinet Eileen Stevens Ernst Karten Harp Suzy Frinking Joris Wiener Jet Sprenkels Arthur Ornée Harry Troquet Aimée van Delden Viola Bassoon Piano Jan Buizer Leendert Booyens Eddy van Dijken Maria Ferschtman Maud van Daal Margriet van Reisen Otto Tausk Andrew Faughnan Peter de Wit Leslie Collier Monique Sytsma-Laanen French horn Lex Luynenburg Marcel Helmer Lydia Friedrich Arjan van de Merwe Liesbeth Kok Lenno de Ruyter * Lyrics on pages 14,15,16 Ant van Berkum DutchSessions Cobra 0028 Page 04 DutchSessions Cobra 0028 Page 33 Holland Symfonia Holland Symfonia, in 2002 voortgekomen uit het Nederlands Balletorkest en het Noord- hollands Philharmonisch Orkest, neemt een unieke plaats in binnen het Nederlandse orkestenbestel. Een muzikaal gezelschap van ruim 140 musici dat in wisselende samen- stellingen optreedt in concertzaal en theater. Otto Tausk is chefdirigent van Holland Sym- fonia. Martijn Padding (1956) studied composition with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, piano Holland Symfonia is de vaste partner van Het Nationale Ballet, en het orkest begeleidt with Fania Chapiro and musicology at the University of regelmatig de Nationale Reisopera en het Nederlands Dans Theater. Utrecht. His oeuvre ranges from short solo pieces to large- Als podiumorkest treedt Holland Symfonia op in de Randstad, met als vaste speelplaatsen scale symphonic works and music theatre. His characteristic de Philharmonie in Haarlem en De Vest in Alkmaar. Het orkest is met een breed symfonisch angularity and terse, harmonically structured idiom are less repertoire ook regelmatig te gast in zalen als De Doelen Rotterdam, Het Concertgebouw - 4 - pronounced in his more recent work. Although Padding’s Amsterdam en Vredenburg Utrecht. Holland Symfonia werkt samen met nationale en - 33 - compositions are frequently created on a musical-technical internationale solisten en dirigenten zoals Pieter Wispelwey, Ronald Brautigam, Tania Kross, basis, a theatrical element permeates his work in increasing Antje Weithaas, Gabor Boldoczki, Quirine Viersen, Boris Gruzin, Matthew Rowe, Judith measure. In his aesthetic approach, there is no hierarchical van Wanroij, Liza Ferschtman, Rian de Waal en Henrik Schaefer. relationship existing between modernistic elements, influ- Het repertoire omvat naast de grote symfonische klassiekers ook vaak onbekende en ences stemming from pop culture and basic historical and hedendaagse werken. Het orkest brengt ook regelmatig nieuw Nederlands repertoire in classical principles. première en introduceerde in 2008 het jaarlijks terugkerende festival ‘Zomersymfonia’ in Haarlem. Padding’s compositions are performed with great regularity in the Netherlands and abroad by renowned ensembles, Naast de theaterbegeleidingen en symfonische concerten is Holland Symfonia een creatief soloists and orchestras. His compositions are created in productiehuis voor cross-overconcerten en voorstellingen voor kinderen. close collaboration with an established group of musicians Holland Symfonia verkent regelmatig andere muziekstijlen: de succesvolle serie Souk met and ensembles such as Gerard Bouwhuis, the Asko Ensemble, Arabische muziek voor jong publiek in het Concertgebouw, symfonische gospel concerten in Amsterdam Zuidoost en ook de Bollywood muziek staat op het programma. MAE Ensemble, NAP, LOOS and the Veenfabriek. In Holland Symfonia maakt muziektheaterproducties voor kinderen zoals ‘De orkestkeuken’. addition, Padding has made various radio documentaries In samenwerking met Het Concertgebouw ontwikkelt het orkest ieder seizoen een and worked for many years as a piano accompanist with grootschalig educatieprogramma. Holland Symfonia is een open huis met vele workshops Krisztina de Châtel’s dance company. Currently, he teaches en openbare repetities voor iedereen die het orkestbedrijf in uitvoering van nabij wil mee- composition at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. maken. www.martijnpadding.nl www.hollandsymfonia.com DutchSessions Cobra 0028 Page 32 DutchSessions Cobra 0028 Page 05 Holland Symfonia Martijn Padding | Kier middle of the piece, consists primarily of as- Formed in 2002 as a result of the fusion of the Netherlands Ballet Orchestra and the Noord- I composed Kier as the opening work of a con- cending motifs. Then the music breaks open hollands Philharmonisch Orchestra, Holland Symfonia occupies a unique position within the cert. Kier is an old Dutch word for ‘opening’, and becomes calmer, even though the fast Dutch orchestral scene. It is a music organisation comprising more than 140 musicians however, kieren also means ‘draught’: a kier is tempo is maintained. Here, I have added the performing in various combinations in concert halls and theatres. Otto Tausk is Chief Con- a space that lets the wind come through. At indication: small clockwork, no rubato, me- ductor of Holland Symfonia. the beginning and end of the piece there is chanical, quiet. It acts as a sort of opening in an opening, a hole in the music, in which no the middle of the work. Then the music erupts Holland Symfonia is the permanent partner of the Dutch National Ballet. The orchestra also notes are to be heard, only the wind machine. once again with great vehemence for a sec- regularly accompanies the Nationale Reisopera and the Nederlands Dans Theater. However, for me, kier also signifies ‘beauty’, ond span lasting to the end of the piece, in Holland Symfonia also performs on the concert stage throughout the main, urban Randstad clarity and lucidity, as I experience these in which the ascending motifs are combined with region and has its own series in both the Philharmonie concert hall in Haarlem and Theatre the music of a great Dutch composer such as descending ones. De Vest in Alkmaar. The orchestra is also regularly invited to perform a varied symphonic Sweelinck. - 32 - repertoire in concert halls such as De Doelen in Rotterdam, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Kier can be viewed as a cheerful and high-spir- - 5 - and Vredenburg in Utrecht. In this context, Holland Symfonia collaborates with national and Kier is an immensely energetic work, in which ited piece, with the occasional element that the international soloists and conductors, such as Pieter Wispelwey, Ronald Brautigam, Tania all aspects of the orchestra are presented listener may find humorous. For instance, vul- Kross, Antje Weithaas, Gabor Boldoczki Quirine Viersen, Boris Gruzin, Matthew Rowe, Liza within a short space of time, like a sort of garly vibrating brass instruments are featured Ferschtman, Rian de Waal and Henrik Schaefer. Besides the great, classic symphonic works, pressure cooker, with each instrument being several times: an element that recurs in almost the orchestra’s repertoire also consistently includes unknown and contemporary works. Hol- assigned an interesting, playable part. I also all of my compositions of the past decade. I land Symfonia