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Festival Sagra Musicale Umbra
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The Early Music Festival for Umbria, with the capital Perugia serving as the home base, carries the beautiful name "Sagra Musicale Umbra". This year, Chopin is a festival theme.
In this festival, Bart van Oort will play a concert with nocturnes and waltzes in Montefalco, one of the most pittoresque towns in Umbria, on September 12. Not only music by Chopin, but also by Karganoff, Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Bertini, Fauré, Debussy, Von Weber, and Schumann.
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8-24-2010
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Ticket sales
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Ticket sales for our Van Swieten Society series in Utrecht, Amsterdam, Egmond aan de Hoef, and Nijmegen have started. For more information on the musical course we will take this new season, please see the news item 'The year of romanticism'.
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8-17-2010
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The year of romanticism
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"The world turns: from Mendelssohn to Schumann" was our last programme of the 2009-2010 season of Van Swieten Society and, at the same time, still functions as springboard to the next season. Then we linked the Mendelssohn year 2009 to the Schumann year 2010 by playing quartets of both. Expanding the link, we play a programme centred around Chopin, whose year of birth (1810) coincides with Schumann's. Both celebrating composers mark the start of romanticism.
Mozart, who also has his own programme in the 2010-2011 season, was called a romanticism in his age. In Beethoven and some of his contemporaries, we hear how the middle class began to determine musical life. Mendelssohn and Schubert are delightful connecting figures. But with Schumann and Chopin, romanticism shows its true growth.
The Van Swieten Society has followed this process closely and deliberately in its programmes. Next to being on exploratory expedition, we strive to reach our ideal: we search for the inspiration, the sounds, the images and forms, in short, for the esthetics of the composers of early times.
For more information of the programmes in season 2010-2011, please see 'Agenda', our VSS Courant or www.vanswietensociety.nl.
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8-6-2010
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Finnish early music
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Tuija Hakkila gave me a few of her recent recordings: music for piano solo of the four Finnish Brothers Lithander (all around 1800) and violin sonatas of the Finnish composer Byström (1772-1839). Beautiful performance, and these works are true discoveries: completely unknown music from the periphery of European music life, but very much worth it.
Alba Records 179 (Lithander) and 221 (Byström).
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6-29-2010
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Helsinki - The Hague: Tuija Hakkila and myself on exchange
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On May 25 and 26, I received my Finnish colleague Tuija Hakkila at the Royal Conservatoire for a fortepiano workshop she gave to my students. In return, I myself will go to Helsinki in September.
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6-10-2010
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Workshop Italy
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These are the details of the third italian workshop of this season (after Rome, december 2009 and Cascia, March 2010)
When? June 23-27, 2010
Where? Villa Bossi in the village of Bodio Lomnago (VA)
Registrations at info@bizzi.com
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5-23-2010
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The Dutch programme in retrospect
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The Dutch programme of Van Swieten Society contained beautiful, interesting and funny works. The public asked us several times if we would make a recording. Indeed a nice idea!
All together: there is really a lot of Dutch music worthy to be taken from the archives. We will do it again, we are thinking of a romantic Dutch programme this time.
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5-6-2010
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Schubert for flute and piano
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On April 27 and 28 Bart van Oort and flutist Marieke Schneemann will record the cd which was postponed last year with works of Franz Schubert. On the cd: the famous “Trockne Blume” Variations, the song arrangements by flute builder Böhm and Schubert’s Song “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen”, in the soprano-flute-piano version. This works could also be heard in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw (Kleine Zaal) on January 30, 2010.
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4-17-2010
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Concert with fortepiano and harp
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On March 26 the VSS, with Bart van Oort and with the Belgian harpist Ann Fierens, will play a free lunch concert in Vredenburg/Leeuwenbergh (Utrecht). On the program works for fortepiano, harp, and strings. This special program is part of the International Harp Festival and Competition in Utrecht, which takes place from March 23 to 27 (finale) in the Utrecht Conservatory. More info on www.harpcompetition.nl or on www.harpfestival.nl .
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3-26-2010
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Twice more Mozart/Mendelssohn
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Two more times Bart van Oort and the Van Swieten Society will perform the successful Mozart/Mendelssohn program (with the D minor Trio), on two different fortepiano's: Sunday March 14 in Leiden (12.30) and Saturday March 20 in Maassluis (20.00).
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3-14-2010
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Cascia, Italy: Workshop Fortepiano
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Between March 29 and April 2 Bart van Oort will conduct another fortepiano workshop in beautiful Cascia (Umbria, Italy). The workshop is open to students and professionals. Also 'modern' pianists who would like to be introduced to the fortepiano and to historical performance practice or who want to freshen up their knowledge are welcome. During this week a small fortepiano festival will take place with concerts. For more information, please send an email to web@bartvanoort.nl.
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2-7-2010
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International Harp Competition & Festival Utrecht
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Between March 23-27 the first International Harp Competition & Festival will take place in the Utrecht Conservatory. Besides the competition there will be masterclasses, concerts and other activities. Bart van Oort will be chairman of the international jury. Besides four harpists the jury will be composed of four more musicians from other disciplines such as violin, voice, and cello. More information on www.harpcompetition.nl or on www.harpfestival.nl
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2-4-2010
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Song recital with soprano Stefanie True
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The beautiful acoustics of the pittoresque Slotkapel in Egmond aan de Hoef is the scene of a new Lied concert series. Canadian soprano Stefanie True worked with the Van Swieten Society; at this moment her international career is taking off in a breathtaking way. On the program songs by Dussek, Mendelssohn as well as Schumann’s "Frauenliebe und Leben".
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2-5-2010
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Concert with Marieke Schneemann at the Concertgebouw
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Also on January 30, Bart van Oort will join flutist Marieke Schneemann in the first concert of her series in the Kleine Zaal of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. On the program several works of Schubert, such as the immortal “Sheperd on the Rock” with soprano Francine van der Heijden. After the intermission works for flute and two cymbalons by Bartók. Armando reads from his “Dierenverhalen”.
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1-30-2010
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Workshop at the Muziekschool Houten
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On January 30, from 12-17 h, Bart van Oort will conduct a masterclass for the students of the music school in Houten, the “Houtens Muziek Collectief”. More information can be found at www.muziekschoolhouten.nl.
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1-30-2010
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