International Chamber Music Festival The Hague

Transcription

1 7th edition Trendsetters Artistic leader Eva Stegeman General Management Bureau Barel / Berber Kroon Producties Production leader Mark Tempelaars Design Bob Koning grafische vormgeving, Stichting Internationaal Kamermuziekfestival Den Haag Postbus 200, 2260 AE Leidschendam info@kamermuziekfestivaldenhaag.nl International Chamber Music Festival The Hague 11 t/m 20 september 2009 Artistic leader Eva Stegeman Theater Diligentia Theater aan het Spui Glazen Zaal Kasteel Duivenvoorde Nutshuis

2 theater diligentia Friday September 11 Eva Stegeman Marco Borggreve Trendsetters in The Hague Different and yet familiar: a new name and a new look for our festival! After six years Chamber Music Festival Haaglanden makes way for International Chamber Music Festival The Hague. Over the past few years we have developed into a true The Hague chamber music festival where internationally prominent musicians from all corners of the globe gather to make music. This year we will expand our play area with two new festival locations: Theater aan het Spui and Het Nutshuis. This has everything to do with the challenging new theme: Trendsetters... Without trendsetters there is no innovation, without innovation no development. We do not often dwell on the fact that great composers from musical history were frequently the trendsetters of their time. Consider, for instance, Haydn who invented the string quartet or Schönberg, the founder of the twelve-tone technique. However, not only classical trendsetters are in the spotlight; we also shine our light on contemporary composers and striking musicians who each, in their own way, are setting musical trends. As such the virtuoso violinist Gilles Apap with his Colors of Invention smashes all genre boundaries to pieces during our traditional Late Night Concert. And the comical duo Igudesman & Joo mock the classical music business in their hilarious show on the 14th of September! And finally two new artistic elements: on the 13th of September (Open Monumentendag) we have organised a unique architectural walk past historical buildings in The Hague with live chamber music on the way. During public master classes in Het Nutshuis festival musicians will form ensembles with Masters students from various Dutch Conservatories in order to teach them the tricks of the trade whilst performing. So broaden your horizon: follow the trend and be surprised during the International Chamber Music Festival The Hague 2009! Eva Stegeman, artistic leader Opening Concert: The Eef van Breen Septet plays Jazzpressionism Eef van Breen & Septet Eef van Breen > trumpet, vocals & composition Ruben Samama > double bass Walter Wolff > piano Amber Docters van Leeuwen > cello Eva Tebbe > harp Merel Junge > violin Dmitri Ivanov > violin A good improvisation sounds like a composition, the ultimate classical performance sounds like an improvisation Eef van Breen Together with his septet Eef van Breen plays chamber music pieces by classical composers such as Debussy, Ibert and Ravel alternated with his own adaptations and compositions. Classical music and jazz formed a close relationship in the course of the 20th century. Innovators such as Stravinsky and Sjostakovitch wrote pieces such as Ragtime and Jazz Suite, and jazz greats Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis were inspired by classical colleagues. During the opening concert this relationship will literally have new life breathed into it by The Hague trumpet player, singer, arrangeur and composer Eef van Breen and his septet. Check for the full program on Also take a look at

3 Saturday September 12 paleiskerk various locations Sunday September 13 First and Second Viennese School Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in C KV 14 for piano, violin and cello Alban Berg Piano sonata op. 1 Joseph Haydn Piano trio in G Hob. XV:25 Anton Webern Cellosonate (1914), Drei kleine Stücke op. 11 for cello and piano Arnold Schönberg Fantasie for violin and piano Ludwig van Beethoven Pianotrio in D op. 70/1 Geister-trio Shuann Chai > piano Eva Stegeman > violin Eric de Wit > cello Several times the Austrian capital was the scene of influential musical innovation. With the First Viennese School Haydn and Mozart perfected Classicism and Beethoven gave the go ahead for Romanticism. Over a 100 years later Schönberg closed the romantic 19th century with the Second Viennese School and together with Berg and Webern paved the way for the twelve-tone technique. The Second Viennese School greatly influenced the post-war Avant-Garde but never managed to reach a big audience; to this day (almost 100 years later!) their work is considered to be modern. new Musical architectural walk during Open Monumentendag From the beginning the relationship between ambiance and music plays an important role in the programming of the International Chamber Music Festival The Hague. This year we take opportunity of Open Monumentendag for a special architectural walk. The walk starts three times and is free. During the walk you will be introduced to the history of several buildings by a guide. At the locations you will be able to enjoy short concerts, performed by participants of the master classes which the festival is organising this year in cooperation with the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (see elsewhere in this brochure). Programmed for you are parts of the string quartets by Joseph Haydn, the father of the string quartet. A new face at the festival is that of pianist Shuann Chai, who is not only a sublime master of the classical style but also of 20th century repertoire. More information about the architectural walk, starting times, duration and locations will be available on our website from the 1st of July For more information about Open Monumentendag have a look at Suzan Wilson Shuann Chai Eva Stegeman, Shuann Chai & Eric de Wit Sometimes you need to be reminded that the works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven - just like the works of Schönberg, Berg and Webern - were revolutionary in their own time and changed the direction of music for future generations. Pianist Shuann Chai Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music. Friedrich von Schelling Schelling (German Philosopher)

4 Monday September hours theater aan het spui glazen zaal Tuesday September 15 (concert lasts about one hour) Monday Night Concert: Igudesman & Joo - A little Nightmare Music Aleksey Igudesman > violin Richard Hyung-ki Joo > piano Igudesman & Joo A Little Nightmare Music brings surrealism to the concert hall and takes its trousers down! Very musical, very engaging and very funny. Terry Jones - actor Monty Python/movie director 2007 Julia Wesely In 2008 they were a hit at the Night of the Proms in Rotterdam. But now you can see these two hilarious musicians at work in The Hague. With their performance A Little Nightmare Music top musicians Aleksey Igudesman (violin) and Richard Hyung-ki Joo (piano) break through the boundaries of classical music, theatre and comedy. In doing this they win over not only ardent lovers but also hardened haters of classical music. Have a look on YouTube or for a preview. The funniest show on music and the life of musicians I have seen since the great Victor Borge. I couldn t stop crying of laughter for the whole evening. Go see these gifted musicians. What they show is life at its funniest side. It isn t just entertaining, it is hilarious! Gidon Kremer - violist World premiere in wind instrument program Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for piano and cello in C op. 102/1 Kit C. Armstrong (1992) Commissioned work for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, french horn and piano (world premiere) Kit C. Armstrong Who stole my wasabi? for cello and piano (2008) Ysang Yun ( ) Monologue for bassoon solo (1985) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quintet KV 452 for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, french horn and piano Child prodigy Kit Armstrong performs for the fourth time at the International Chamber Music Festival The Hague. Now 17 years old this year he shares the stage with some of the best Dutch wind instrument players, one of which is bassoon player Bram van Sambeek (winner of the Nederlandse Muziekprijs 2009). The program consists of a mix of classical work and contemporary pieces with, amongst others, a world premiere of a piece written especially for the festival by Armstrong for the same strength as Mozart s famous quintet for piano and wind instrument players. I consider Monologue a special piece because I love the clear shades and sharp contrasts in music. In my view Yun always finds the perfect balance between fierceness and calm. Bassoon player Bram van Sambeek about Yun s Monologue. Kit Armstrong > piano and composition Lucas Navarro > oboe Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer > clarinet Bram van Sambeek > bassoon Fons Verspaandonk > french horn Eric de Wit > cello Kit Armstrong Jack Liebeck Bram van Sambeek Sjaak Ramakers

5 Thursday September 17 kasteel duivenvoorde paleiskerk Friday September 18 The virtue in the middle Michael Haydn String quintet in C P. 108 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String quintet in D KV 593 George Benjamin (1960) Viola, Viola - duo for two violas (1996) Johannes Brahms String quintet in G op. 111 Verklärte Nacht and a dead calm sea Anton Webern Langsamer Satz for string quartet Johannes Brahms String sextet no. 1 in Bes Ali Authman String quartet Galènè (2009) Arnold Schönberg Verklärte Nacht op. 4 for string sextet Connoisseurs and lovers agree: Mozart s string quintets (string quartet with an extra viola) are the crown jewels of his chamber music. Michael Haydn, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn, was a pioneer in the genre. It is said the seventeen year old Mozart wrote his first string quintet KV 174 as a reaction to a Notturno for string quintet from 1773 by Michael Haydn. Only fourteen years later, in 1787, would he take up the genre again and compose an impressive series of five string quintets. The sonorous middle register of the violas later inspired many a composer to write for this strength. Muriel Cantoreggi > violin Eva Stegeman > violin Nicolas Bône > viola Geneviève Strosser > viola Claudius Popp > cello Eric de Wit > cello Luigi Boccherini wrote six string sextets at the end of the 18th century. After that there was a long silence in this musical genre. Two famous string sextets by Brahms and Schönberg are flanked by two short string quartets in this program: Webern s late romantic Langsamer Satz and a brand new string quartet titled Galènè by the young Iraqi composer Ali Authman. Galènè means calm or calm sea. Authman was inspired by Homer s Odyssey: There was not a single wave, neither big nor small, all around there was a blank, dead calm sea... Geneviève Strosser Nicolas Bône Muriel Cantoreggi > violin Eva Stegeman > violin Nicolas Bône > viola Geneviève Strosser > viola Claudius Popp > cello Muriel Cantoreggi Claudius Popp

6 Saturday September hours paleiskerk paleiskerk uur Zondag 20 september Late Night Concert: Gilles Apap & The Colors of Invention Gilles Apap is a phenomenon, a virtuoso, a violinist and a performer who communicates in a unique way with his audience. He is unlike any other, an artist who gets noticed for his unique presentation, interpretations and mixing of music styles. In their swinging program Sans Orchestre Gilles Apap & The Colors of Invention play a mix of classical music, traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, India, the US and gypsy music. Gilles Apap announces the program himself. Already for the fifth year running there is an exciting Late Night Concert, this year with a phenomenal performer: Gilles Apap. Only once before he was to be seen and heard in The Netherlands, last year in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. But now he is here in The Hague: do not miss it! Gilles Apap > violin Myriam Lafargue > accordion Ludovit Kovac > cymbal Philippe Noharet > double bass It is not easy to compress the 80 musicians of an orchestra into only 4 musicians. But for me this programme is the distilled essence of music making. Gilles Apap about his program Sans Orchestre Closing concert: Haydn and Sjostakovitsj Dejan Lazic > piano Muriel Cantoreggi > violin Eva Stegeman > violin Nicolas Bône > viola Claudius Popp > cello Joseph Haydn String quartet in G op. 54 no. 1 Joseph Haydn Pianoconcert in D Hob. XVIII:11 (with string quartet) Dmitri Sjostakovitsj Pianoquintet in g op. 57 Sjostakovitsj always locked up in the limiting framework of the Sovjetregime spoke his own language in an inimitable manner and as such poked fun at politics. After unexpected criticism from Stalin he returned to chamber music where a composer, like a poet, can operate freely. His piano quintet (1940) apparently did match stalinistic taste; it was even awarded the Stalin Prize. It is performed by a special combination of a string quartet and a piano concert by Haydn. Written in a new, special way according to Haydn himself. Pianist Dejan Lazic ( a brilliant pianist and gifted musician - Gramophone) has built an impressive reputation worldwide as a solo artist, passionate chamber musician and composer. Look on YouTube or for impression of this unique musician. Gilles Apap & The Colors of Invention Felix Bröde Dejan Lazić You represent the direction in which music should evolve. Yehudi Menuhin to Gilles Apap

7 new Master classes in chamber music Festival locations Always wanted to know what chamber music rehearsals are like? Or would you like to see how an ensemble functions without a conductor and what the musicians discuss during rehearsals? Then come to one of the public master classes.. The International Chamber Music Festival The Hague wants to give young talent the opportunity to develop. For conservatory students there is nothing as educational as playing with experienced chamber musicians. Festival musicians will form ensembles with students from various Dutch conservatories during the master classes. On the music stands there will be repertoire from the festival program. Many of the renowned musicians we have managed to bring to The Hague for the festival normally do not or hardly ever perform in The Netherlands. For students it is very interesting to experience musicians at work and to gain performance Festival programme day date Friday September 11 Saturday September 12 Sunday September 13 Monday September 14 Tuesday September 15 Thursday September 17 Friday September 18 Saturday September 19 time location experience with them. You can be witness to this process! The master classes are open to the public, tickets sales at the door (10 euro). Location: Nutshuis Start times and more information is available from from July 10 on our website concert various hours hours Theater Diligentia various Theater aan het Spui Glazen Zaal Kasteel Duivenvoorde The Eef van Breen Septet plays Jazzpressionism First and Second Viennese School architectural walk Igudesman & Joo: A little Nightmare Music World premiere in wind instrument program The virtue in the middle Verklärte Nacht and a dead calm sea Late Night Concert: Gilles Apap & the Colors of Invention Theater Diligentia Twee eeuwen concertzaal Lange Voorhout 5, Den Haag Vrij 11 september uur Een lichte zaal met mooie akoestiek Paleisstraat 8, Den Haag zat 12 & vrij 18 september uur zat 19 september uur en zon 20 september uur Theater aan het Spui Befaamd theater in het hart van Den Haag Spui 187, Den Haag ma 14 september uur Glazen Zaal Rijke historie, moderne mogelijkheden Prinsessegracht 26, Den Haag di 15 september uur Kasteel Duivenvoorde Zeven eeuwen particulier bezit Laan van Duivenvoorde 4, Voorschoten do 17 september uur Nutshuis (Masterclasses) Culturele locatie in een voormalig bankgebouw Riviervismarkt 5, Den Haag kijk vanaf 1 juli op de festivalsite voor data en aanvangstijden. Glazen Zaal Theater aan het Spui Kasteel Duivenvoorde Doors to the festival locations are open half an hour before the concert Each location has a limited number of seats available for wheelchair users. Please mention with reservation of tickets if you use a wheelchair, so we can find a good place for you. Directions and information about public transport and parking can be found on our website. Sunday September hours Closing concert: Haydn en Sjostakovitsj

8 Ticket sales Ticket prices* All tickets for the festival concerts are to be booked through Theater Diligentia (by phone, at the box office and via internet) and the festival website. Tickets are also on sale 1 hour before the start of a concert at the festival box office. Tickets for the master classes can only be bought at the door. How to book Reservations by phone via booking line Theater Diligentia (0,15 per minute) During summer box office closure from 28 June until 31 August and outside office hours this line will have a voice mail. You can leave your message or booking and you call will be returned by a Diligentia staff member in order to process your reservation. At the Theater Diligentia box office: Lange Voorhout 5, The Hague The box office is opened from Tuesday till Saturday from From 28 June until 31 August the ticket counter is closed due to summer holidays. During this time you can only book by phone or via internet. Reservations via internet (up to 7 days before respective concert) or Please note: due to administrative reasons it is only possible to make a phone booking 7 days before the respective concert. Tickets will then need to be paid for in cash and collected from the Diligentia box office, or at the door from the festival box office. The festival box office opens one hour before the concert. Reserved tickets can be collected up to half an hour before the start of the concert. After that the tickets will be put back on sale. Tickets that have been paid for cannot be exchanged or returned. How to pay: one-off standing order or bank transfer One-off standing order You can authorize Theater Diligentia, by phone or via internet, to deduct the amount through a one-off standing order. The amount will then be deducted from your account within 4 weeks of receiving your booking. Bank transfer Once you have booked your tickets via phone or internet you transfer the amount to Rabobank account number t.n.v. Theater Diligentia te Den Haag, mentioning the date of the concert and the amount of tickets. Please note: if payment has not been received within two weeks the reservation will be cancelled. Single ticket 32,00 Uitpas 25,00 CJP/Student card 17,50 Ooievaarspas 17,50 Monday Night Concert September 14 and Late Night Concert September 19 Single ticket 17,50 Uitpas 15,00 CJP/Student card 15,00 Ooievaarspas 8,75 Passe-partout (± 25% discount) All concerts 170,00 (not including master classes) Your concert ticket is also a valid ticket for HTM public transport on the day of the concert. new Master classes (ticket sale at the door) Single ticket 10,00 Uitpas 5,00 CJP/Student card 5,00 Ooievaarspas 5,00 Extra discount for students and CJP holders: From 45 minutes before the start of a concert, students and CJP card holders can buy a ticket at the door for only 8 on presentation of their student or CJP card. *Exception: The Monday Night and Late Night Concert prices include a drink. Wardrobe is free of charge. If you book via phone or internet reservations and postage of tickets cost 2,50. Would you like to support the festival? Please do! Become a member of the Vriendenkring of the festival (Become a friend). For more information take a look on On receipt of your payment the tickets will be sent to you. Reservations and postage of tickets cost 2,50.