Gyorgy Kurtag as webcast composer of the week
There is a classical radio station on the web that has all the musical riches of BBC Radio 3 without the banal chat in between. As a bonus it currently has György Kurtág (right) as composer of the week at 7.30pm European time - which is more than BBC Radio 3 has. As I write Radio 3 is broadcasting a two hour retrospective on that seminal contemporary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Sounds too good to be true? Follow this link to Dutch NOS Radio 4 and click on 'luister listen' to find out for yourself. There are even live relays from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in the evenings.
Click here or on the Programmagids button on the right of the home page for daily programme listings in Dutch. Convert programme times to your local time zone using this link.
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Sounds too good to be true? Follow this link to Dutch NOS Radio 4 and click on 'luister listen' to find out for yourself. There are even live relays from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in the evenings.
Click here or on the Programmagids button on the right of the home page for daily programme listings in Dutch. Convert programme times to your local time zone using this link.
Image credit - Klassika.com . Image owners - if you do not want your picture used in this article please contact me and it will be removed. Report broken links, missing images and other errors to - overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot uk
If you enjoyed this post take An Overgrown Path to Discovered - the online Arnold Schoenberg jukebox
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za. 18 februari, 20.15, De Doelen, Rotterdam (inleiding om 19.30 uur door Hans Koolmees)
zo. 19 februari, 20.30, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam
Programma:
Perotinus (1160-1205): Viderunt Omnes (bewerking Hans Koolmees)
Ron Ford (1959): Idee Fixe (premiere) en Arriere-pensee (premiere)
Vanessa Lann (1968): Lullabye For A Young Girl Dreaming
Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997): Piece nr. 2 for small orchestra
Cuvelier (1372-1387): Se galaas
Solage (1370-1390): s' Aincy estoit en Fumeux fume
Sander Germanus (1972): Lunapark (premiere)
Steve Reich (1936): New York Counterpoint (bewerking Raaf Hekkema)
They were:
Arie van Beek, conductor
Calefax Rietkwintet (in English: Calefax Reed Quintet)
DoelenEnsemble (Eng: Doelen Ensemble)
DoelenKwartet (Eng: Doelen Quartet)
and
"bewerking" means arrangement !