Holland Festival 2009 Anatomy of Melancholy

Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic cond. by Pascal Rophé

19 June 2009 Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ

Keren Motseri, soprano; Helena Rasker, alto; Tim Mead, countertenor; Marcel Beekman, tenor; Juliette Hurel, flute; Cappella Amsterdam feat. Åsa Olsson, Inga Schneider, Sabine van der Heyden, Marijke van der Harst.

John Dowland/
– Two Songs and a Tear (2009) for three sopranos and orchestra

Guus Janssen
– Shall I sue
– 
Lachrimae Tristes (no. 4)
– 
Flow not so fast, ye fountains

Commission NPS – world premiere

Pascal Dusapin
– Galim (1998), requies plena oblectationnis,
for flute and string orchestra
Dutch premiere

Giel Vleggaar
– Ayre of Solace (2009)
Commission NPS and Fund for the Creative Arts
world premiere

intermission

Pascal Dusapin
– La Melancholia (1991) ‘opératorio’ pour Soprano, Alt,
Haute-contre, Ténor, trio de cuivres, 12 voix mixtes et orchestre
(Dutch premiere)