Vrienden van het Lied and International Lied Festival Zeist will once again bring a day focusing on lied art in various ways. So the Dag van het Lied is the chance to get acquainted with the lied. Visit one of the three recitals by duos of the society or listen to the performers of the future during the presentations and LiedLab by students of various Dutch conservatoires. Want to know more about what goes into composing a lied? During the College Tour, Jan Willem Nelleke will be put to the test and work with students on one of his own compositions. For those who want to sing classics themselves, there is the Sing Along Concert and, of course, you can also attend a fascinating lecture. The Dag van het Lied is a day lied in action!
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The World feels dusty
Madeline Saputra, soprano
Apollon Kalamenios, piano
In the openinglied of this programme, a shepherd says: ‘When I die, bury me by the watering place of my flock, where there is a tall and beautiful cypress tree.’ Madeline Saputra and Apollon Kalamenios wonder if we can still connect with the shepherd who was one with nature. Thousands of mouths passed on his melodies and words, but they fell into oblivion. This man knew his place, was aware of his temporary existence and had reverence for nature. How different it is now with humanity. The earth is being poisoned by us as it yearns for tears of pity. Deaf and blind, man plunders merrily on.
This recital by Saputra and Kalamenios is a clear statement from the current generation. They show that we all share a sense of being lost, while our roots lie within and around us. And the shepherd? He picked up a handful of earth and started singing: ‘Glory to the pines, honour to the sycamores and also to you, myrtle bushes.’
PROGRAM
Apollon Kalamenios (*2003)
O Voskos (traditional Cypriot folklied)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Nature, the gentlest mother (Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson No 1)
There came a wind like a bugle (Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson no 2)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Chanson de l'oranger sec (Trois Chansons de Federico García Lorca FP 136/3)
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Eddig való dolgom a tavaszi szántás (8 Hungarian Folksongs; Sz. 64/7)
Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)
Il pleut (Apollinaire)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Maple Leaves (Aldrich)
The Cage (Ives)
The New River (Ives)
Like A Sick Eagle (Keats)
Sinta Wullur (*1958)
Tagore's Fireflies (Tagore)
Apollon Kalamenios (*2003)
Ayia Marina (traditional Cypriot wiegelied)
Daan Manneke (*1939)
Cession (Sept poèmes no. 5; Bouchet)
L'éteule (Sept poèmes no.7; Bouchet)
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Pourquoi? (Trois Mélodies no. 1; Messiaen)
Action de grâces (Poèmes pour Mi no. 1; Messiaen)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
The world feels dusty (Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson no 4)
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Codarts conservatoire students in varying compositions
Laila Schippers, soprano
Puck van Eijk, soprano
Grace Wagner, soprano
Teresa Pedras Cadima, soprano
Yoana Davofa, soprano
Chloë de Waal, soprano
Mar Pans, soprano
Claudia Veltman, soprano
Isaure Baljet, alto
Maria Marecos, alto
Afonso Santos, tenor
Robin Jacobs, tenor
Clayton Butler, tenor
William Heijkoop, tenor
Guyon Mingelen, bass
Luka den Boer, bass
Irene Martinez de las Muelas, piano
Daan Boertien, piano
Jan Willem Passchier, piano
PROGRAM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Spanisches Liederspiel op. 74 (Geibel)
Es ist verraten
In der Nacht
Ich bin geliebt
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Ständchen D 921 (Grillparzer)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Neue Liebeslieder op. 65
Back to nature
Jan Willem Baljet, baritone
Jacobus den Herder, piano
Grab your chance and sing along with Jan Willem Baljet and Jacobus den Herder. They have made a wonderful selection of toppers from the timeless lied repertoire. While singing, they take you on a musical walk through nature in just under three quarters of an hour. Singing, the German, English and French liederen will take you to enchanting landscapes, lead you past streams and trees and show you unusual animals.
The lyrics will be handed out on paper, so you don't need to bring anything with you except an appetite for singing. The sing-along concert is a special opportunity to sing beautiful liederen together. An experience never to be forgotten!
PROGRAM
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Liebesbotschaft (Schwanengesang D 957/1; Rellstab)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Feldeinsamkeit op. 86/2 (Allmers)
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Fussreise (Mörike)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Der Lindenbaum (Winterreise D 911/5; Müller)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Traum durch die Dämmerung op. 29/1 (Bierbaum)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Vagabond (Songs of Travel No 1; Stevenson)
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun (Let us garlands bring No 3; Shakespeare)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Zur Rosenzeit op. 48/5 (Goethe)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Le Dromadaire (Le Bestiaire FP15/1; Apollinaire)
La Carpe (Le Bestiaire FP15/6; Apollinaire)
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Meine Rose
Kelly Poukens, soprano
Marie François, piano
‘Blumen sind die schönen Worte und Hieroglyphen der Natur, mit denen sie uns eeutet, wie lieb sie uns hat’ - J.W von Goethe
Soprano Kelly Poukens and pianist Marie François take you through a personal, German floral bouquet they put together as a sign of love and comfort for the searching soul of our time.
PROGRAM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Du bist wie eine Blume (Myrten op. 25/24; Heine)
Die Blume der Ergebung (Drei Gesänge op. 83/2; Rückert)
Die Lotosblume (Myrten, op. 25/7; Heine)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
from: Fünf Lieder op. 105
Wie Melodien zieht es mir (Groth)
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (Lingg)
Klage (popularlied)
Auf dem Kirchhofe (von Liliencron)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Mädchenblumen op. 22 (Dahn)
Kornblumen
Mohnblumen
Epheu
Wasserrose
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Sechs Lieder op. 48
Gruss (Heine)
Dereinst Gedanke mein (Geibel)
Lauf der welt (Uhland)
Die verschwiegene nachtigall (von der Vogelweide)
Zur Rosenzeit (Goethe)
Ein Traum (von Bodenstedt)
Jan Willem Nelleke, composer
Leo Samama, musicologist and moderator
Student duo Fontys Conservatorium Tilburg: Suzanne Charité, mezzo-soprano & Yik Toong, piano
The College Tour consists of two parts. Leo Samama, president of Vrienden van het Lied, first interviews composer Jan Willem Nelleke. Nelleke then works with a duo from the Fontys Conservatory's lied class on one of his own lieds. Following the festival theme, they chose the fourth and final lied from his cycle In the Biesbosch On poems by Wim Jilleba: Meeting yourself. Both artists are both Dordrecht natives and familiar from a young age with the unique landscape of the Biesbosch, an iconic nature reserve on the island of Dordrecht. Nelleke selected poems from Jilleba's oeuvre and formed them into a lied cycle that takes the reader - and listener - from a descriptive observation to an increasingly personal experience of the Biesbosch. It is unique for students to be able to collaborate with a composer and offers you a special experience to be so close to the music.
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students Groningen conservatoire
Students Prince Claus Conservatoire Groningen: Hannah Tomasini, mezzo-soprano & Michiel Nonhebel, baritone
Victoria Dmitrieva, piano
Innovation and inspiration are found through experimentation. During Vrienden van het Lied's theatrical, vocal series LiedLab, students are given free rein in shaping a short recital. Every year it is a surprise what the audience will see and hear.
Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit
Dinant Krouwel, musicologist
If there is one composer who felt a connection with nature, it is Johannes Brahms. Famous are the long walks he took alone or with friends through forests and along mountain trails. Nature inspired him from an early age and this is reflected in the choice of lyrics in his liederen. Dinant Krouwel takes the well-known lied Feldeinsamkeit under the microscope, in which man and nature merge in perfect harmony. Text and music each connect earth and heaven in their own way. As you listen, you start to hear and experience the qualities of the lied more and more in the recordings and what Krouwel himself plays on the grand piano.
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Warm where Snowflakes lie
Henriette Feith, soprano
Maurice Lammerts van Bueren, piano
The lied is not just a European phenomenon to connect poetry and music. For centuries, lied singers, pianists and composers have been active all over the world. And in all these lieders, nature is never far away, as it mirrors universal feelings of love, sadness or longing. Do you see yourself reflected in the duck, the heron or the snake? Do you hear your thoughts reflected by the pole star on a clear night or in the murmur of the sea? Or do you see yourself in dewdrops or cherry blossom? Even in cities, man cannot live without nature, just listen to the ciudades By Piazzolla.
With this recital Henriette Feith and Maurice Lammerts van Bueren takes you on a world tour visiting all continents ... except Europe. You will hear liederen by non-European musicians closely linked to the nature that surrounded them; often in their own language and to lyrics by poets from their home countries. They sometimes hark back to old folk music, such as the chansons folkloriques acadiennes by Carl Phillippe Gionet. Other times, the lied is a way to explore and shape one's own identity as the works of Indonesian Mochtar Embut let you hear: Indonesian sounds and yet not ‘world music’ but a truly classical lied. Because the artlied is always everywhere.
PROGRAM
Carl Phillippe Gionet (*1979 - Canada)
L'escaouette (Douze chansons folkloriques acadiennes no 1)
L'étoile du Nord (Douze chansons folkloriques acadiennes no 7)
Jodi Goble (*1974 - United States)
I Would Live In Your Love (Teasdale)
Jake Heggie (*1961 - United States)
Snake (Eve-Song no. 5; Littell)
Calvin Bowman (*1972 - Australia)
A Little Duck (Real and Right and True No 3; Leunig)
Hendrik Hofmeyr (*1957 - South Africa)
Happiness (Two Birthdayliederen No 2; Krige)
Maurice Ohana (1913-1992 - Morocco)
Neige sur les orangers (anonymous)
Mochtar Embut (1934-1974 - Indonesia)
Setitik Embun (Embut)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959 - Brazil)
Veleiros (A Floresta do Amazonas no 10; Vasconcelos)
Canção do Amor (A Floresta do Amazonas no 20; Vasconcelos)
Cair da Tarde (A Floresta do Amazonas no 13; Vasconcelos)
Sally Whitwell (*1974 - Australia)
Warm Where Snowflakes Lie (Christina Rossetti)
Sadao Bekku (1922-2012 - Japan)
Cherryblossoms Lane (Katō)
Calvin Bowman (*1972 - Australia)
My Own Country (Belloc)
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992 - Argentina)
Las Ciudades (Ferrer)
Afterglow with drinks and a meet-and-greet with the musicians.
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