Categorie: Projects

Maxim Heijmerink, piano; Enzo Kok, violin

Charlotte Brussée, cello

Élégiaque  – echos of the Russian soul

Three composers, one beating heart. The Van Gogh Trio dives into Russian Romanticism with music by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff in this new programme! Rarely does the piano trio sound as passionate as in these masterpieces, which rank among the absolute highlights of the repertoire. From Glinka’s lyrical melodies to Tchaikovsky’s fervour and Rachmaninoff’s deep melancholy, this music breathes emotion, hope, and longing. As Glinka himself best put it: “My soul is music!” Framed by the finest poems of Russian masters, ÉLÉGIAQUE is both a captivating and intimate portrait of the Russian soul. A concert that resonates—and lingers.

Vincent

A programme centred around their namesake Vincent van Gogh, which naturally transports the listener to the French countryside with Maurice Ravel’s piano trio, while also daring to colour outside the lines of Impressionism. For instance, the enchanting and vibrant piano trio by Amy Beach, who, like Van Gogh, experienced synaesthesia, is performed. Additionally, the trio collaborated with two young, up-and-coming composers: Catharina Clement wrote a new work, commissioned by the trio, inspired by Van Gogh’s paintings, and Floris Heijdra arranged the moving Tannhäuser Overture by Richard Wagner—Van Gogh’s favourite composer. To complete the vivid spectacle, upon request, the trio can collaborate with a VJ (video jockey) who projects (fragments of) Van Gogh’s paintings live during the concert, weaving them into a new, living display. One thing is certain: with VINCENT, you hear and see the painter like never before.

Jacobien Rozemond, violin and vocals

Renée Bekkers, accordion             

Bliss                   

Specially for the program BLISS, Benjamin de Murashkin composed his work I’m Nobody, Who Are You? The poems of 19th-century writer Emily Dickinson inspired him in his new composition for Duo Rozemond & Bekkers. With Dickinson’s texts, De Murashkin approaches the simplicity but also the fleeting nature of bliss with depth and humour. In this programme, Jacobien and Renée explore what brings happiness: being swept away by the exhilarating tango music of Piazzolla? Or do you achieve a higher state of bliss by transcending earthly pleasures and entering a trance-like state with Arvo Pärt’s Fratres or Ernest Bloch’s Prayer? Or perhaps in the interplay between dance and serenity in the Baroque music of Merula and Jacob van Eyck?