{"id":6799,"date":"2022-09-01T11:53:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T09:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vvhl.nl\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2023-04-26T13:23:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T11:23:44","slug":"matthew-mesdag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/matthew-mesdag\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthijs Mesdag"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6799\" class=\"elementor elementor-6799\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d156c23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d156c23\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;triangle-asymmetrical&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M738,99l262-93V0H0v5.6L738,99z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-558ef67c\" data-id=\"558ef67c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d9a762 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37d9a762\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Matthijs Mesdag<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e278e01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"4e278e01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8a51cc5 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">baritone<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-462d09f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"462d09f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMatthijs Mesdag grew up in a musical family. He studied solo singing and was part of Ton Koopman's Amsterdam Baroque Choir for many years. He could also be heard at home and abroad in oratorios, various operas and as an interpreter of song.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b87d6c3 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"2b87d6c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c508980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c508980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Matthijs-Mesdag_apr2023.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-12533\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Matthijs-Mesdag_apr2023.webp 500w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Matthijs-Mesdag_apr2023-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Matthijs-Mesdag_apr2023-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ad14fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ad14fa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f354787\" data-id=\"f354787\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f714b2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f714b2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4b26d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4b26d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Matthijs Mesdag - after a childhood in a musical family - studied solo singing at the Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam with Margreet Honig. This was followed by lessons at the Britten Pears School for advanced musical Studies at Aldeburgh in the UK with Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Sarah Walker and Diane Forlano, and in Paris with American baritone David Pittman-Jennings. He was recently coached by Brian Masuda.<\/p><\/div><div><p>From its founding in 1992 until 2014, he was part of Ton Koopman's Amsterdam Baroque Choir, where he collaborated as soloist and ensemble singer on the recording of all Bach cantatas and as soloist on the CD recording of Mozart's <i>Kr\u00f6nungsmesse<\/i> and <i>Vesperae Sollennes de Confessore<\/i>.<\/p><\/div><div><p>As a soloist, his calendar is well filled with concerts in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France and Finland, where he can be heard on the great oratorios of Bach, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn, cantatas and opera concerts. He also works with the choir of the National Opera, where he performed ensemble roles in <i>Tea<\/i> From Tan Dun, <i>Those Soldiers<\/i> By Bernd Alois Zimmermann, <i>Raaff<\/i> by Robin de Raaff and in the video production <i>In Proximity<\/i>.<\/p><\/div><div><p>As an opera singer, he performed roles such as Hans in the premiere production of <i>A Job of our time<\/i> By Wim de Ruijter, Aeneas in <i>Dido and Aeneas<\/i> in Wiltshire and could recently be heard as Betto in <i>Gianni Schicchi<\/i> in the filming by Opera Spanga and Enrico in <i>Lucia de Lammermoor<\/i>.<\/p><\/div><div><p>He also performs song recitals for, among others, the Friends of the Song, in collaboration the pianists <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/vaughan-schlepp\/\">Vaughan Schlepp<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/en\/elizabeth-ford\/\">Elizabeth Ford<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2116a0 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f2116a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.matthijsmesdag.nl\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e69e75d\" data-id=\"e69e75d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db71d8b elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"db71d8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ae0426 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ae0426\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">programmes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d58f73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-accordion\" data-id=\"9d58f73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t            <div class=\"eael-adv-accordion\" id=\"eael-adv-accordion-9d58f73\" data-scroll-on-click=\"no\" data-scroll-speed=\"300\" data-accordion-id=\"9d58f73\" data-accordion-type=\"accordion\" data-toogle-speed=\"300\">\n            <div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rondom-goethes-faust\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1641\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">Around Goethe's Faust<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1641\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" aria-labelledby=\"rondom-goethes-faust\"><p>Matthijs Mesdag, <em>baritone<br \/><\/em>Vaughan Schlepp, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>This programme features mainly songs by Schubert and Beethoven, including the cycle <em>An die ferne Geliebte<\/em>. Here the context is given of Goethe's Faust, with sometimes free associations to other texts and songs.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"schubert-die-schne-mllerin\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"2\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1642\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">Schubert: Die sch\u00f6ne M\u00fcllerin<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1642\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" aria-labelledby=\"schubert-die-schne-mllerin\"><p>Matthijs Mesdag, <em>baritone<br \/><\/em>Vaughan Schlepp, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Die sch\u00f6ne M\u00fcllerin is a song cycle (opus 25, D 795, 1823) by Franz Schubert. The cycle consists of twenty staged poems by Wilhelm M\u00fcller.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"schubert-winterreise\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"3\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1643\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">Schubert: Winterreise<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1643\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" aria-labelledby=\"schubert-winterreise\"><p>Matthijs Mesdag, <em>baritone<br \/><\/em>Vaughan Schlepp, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Vaughan Schlepp, Matthijs Mesdag's regular accompanist, likes to perform this cycle on a period piano, although of course a modern grand piano is excellent too.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"eael-accordion-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"de-reis-van-de-winterdichter\" class=\"elementor-tab-title eael-accordion-header\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tab=\"4\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1644\"><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-closed\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-advanced-accordion-icon-opened\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-accordion-icon fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"eael-accordion-tab-title\">The journey of the Winter Poet<\/span><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-toggle fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1644\" class=\"eael-accordion-content clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" aria-labelledby=\"de-reis-van-de-winterdichter\"><p>Matthijs Mesdag, <em>baritone<br \/><\/em>Elizabeth Ford, <em>piano<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><div><p class=\"Hoofdtekst\">Surely the most performed song programme worldwide will be Schubert's <i>Winterreise<\/i> are. The title of this programme is - not entirely coincidentally - a bit like that, but what lies behind the title has virtually nothing to do with Schubert. Instead of being about a miller's servant, this programme is about getting older, curling in the ice and the hubris of three Swedish gentlemen trying to cross the North Pole in a balloon in 1897.<\/p><\/div><div><p class=\"Hoofdtekst\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div><div><p class=\"Hoofdtekst\">For the programme notes <a href=\"https:\/\/vvhl.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MESDAG-FORD_Reis-van-de-winterdichter_apr2023.docx\">click here<\/a> &gt;<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthijs Mesdag grew up in a musical family. He studied solo singing and was part of Ton Koopman's Amsterdam Baroque Choir for many years. 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