Samuel / Jongen Symphony No. 6 / Three Symphonic Movements by Royal Flemish Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins

Adolphe Samuel, Joseph Jongen

Royal Flemish Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins

Samuel / Jongen Symphony No. 6 / Three Symphonic Movements

Format: CD
Label: Royal Flemish Philharmonic
UPC: 5425008373157
Catnr: RFP 006
Release date: 17 May 2013
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Label
Royal Flemish Philharmonic

UPC
5425008373157

Catalogue number
RFP 006

Release date
17 May 2013

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About the album

The Royal Flemish Philharmonic is proud to present its recordings in three high quality series, each with its distinct character. Belgian Boutique uncovers hidden gems from Belgium’s Romantic composers. Cutting Edge documents remarkable works of contemporary classical music.

The second Belgian Boutique CD combines works by two composers from the South of Belgium. First there is the mystical, Wagnerian Sixth Symphony by Jewish composer Adolphe Samuel, in which he presents the story of the Creation. Then there is Joseph Jongen’s last orchestral piece, the neo-impressionist Three Symphonic Movements. ‘It is all extraordinary music, very special and spectacular’, conductor Martyn Brabbins explains. ‘You can really feel that Belgian music is situated somewhere between the French and the German repertoire. As a Brit, I find it extremely interesting to discover this unexplored repertoire.’

Lohnenswerte Entdeckungen sinfonischer Werke auf Belgien mit dem Royal Flemish Philharmonic unter dem brillanten Dirigenten Martyn Brabbins.

In der Serie „Belgian Boutique“ erscheint diese CD mit dem Royal Flemish Philharmonic und stellt zwei Komponisten aus dem Süden des Landes vor. Zuerst erklingt die mystische, an Wagner erinnernde Sechste Sinfonie des jüdischen Komponisten Adolphe Samuel aus dem Jahre 1891. In ihr verarbeitete der Komponist die Schöpfungsgeschichte. Das zweite Werk der Aufnahme stammt von Joseph Jongen und entstand 1951. Die „Drei symphonischen Sätze“ stehen im neo-impressionistischen Stil und sind ebenso wie die Sinfonie von Samuel eine lohnenswerte Entdeckung.

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Antwerp Symphony Orchestra

The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra is the symphony orchestra of Flanders and is based in the new Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp. Under the baton of Chief Conductor Elim Chan (from the 2019-2020 season) and Principal Guest Conductor Philippe Herreweghe the orchestra wants to move and inspire a large and diverse audience through top-level concert experiences. Thanks to its own series of concerts in large venues, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra occupies a unique position in Flanders. The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra has also been a guest of some major foreign concert halls: the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Festspielhaus in Salzburg, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Suntory Hall and the Bunka Kaikan Hall in Tokyo, the Philharmonie of Cologne and Munich, the Palace...

Thanks to its own series of concerts in large venues, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra occupies a unique position in Flanders. The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra has also been a guest of some major foreign concert halls: the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Festspielhaus in Salzburg, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Suntory Hall and the Bunka Kaikan Hall in Tokyo, the Philharmonie of Cologne and Munich, the Palace of Art in Budapest and the National Grand Theatre of Beijing. International concert tours through Europe and Asia are a constant item on the yearly calendar.

Alongside its regular concerts, the orchestra attaches great value to developing educational and social projects, offering children, youngsters, and people with different social backgrounds the opportunity to get acquainted with the symphony orchestra from close quarters.

The Antwerp Symphony Orchestra collaborates with major classical music labels and several of the orchestra's CDs received acclaim by the professional press. The orchestra also curates its own label, focusing on the main orchestral repertoire, Belgian composers and contemporary music.

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Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Martyn Brabbins was appointed music director of the English National Opera in 2016. An inspirational force in British music, Brabbins has had a busy opera career since his early days at the Kirov and more recently at La Scala, the Bayerische Staatsoper, and regularly in Lyon, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Antwerp. He is a popular figure at the BBC Proms and with many of the UK’s top orchestras, and regularly conducts top international orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Deutsches Symphonie- Orchester Berlin. Known for his advocacy of new music and particularly of British composers, he has conducted hundreds of world premières across the globe. He has recorded over 120 CDs to date, including prizewinning discs...

Known for his advocacy of new music and particularly of British composers, he has conducted hundreds of world premières across the globe. He has recorded over 120 CDs to date, including prizewinning discs of operas by Korngold, Birtwistle and Harvey. He was associate principal conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (1994–2005), principal guest conductor of the Royal Flemish Philhar- monic (2009–15), chief conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra (2012– 16) and artistic director of the Cheltenham International Festival of Music (2005– 07), and in 2016 was appointed visiting professor at the Royal College of Music.

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Composer(s)

Adolphe Samuel

Joseph Jongen

Joseph Jongen was born in Liège on December 14, 1873 and died in Sart-lez-Spa on July 12, 1953. He began his study of music at the Royal Conservatory of Liège in October 1881, for which some official rules needed bending—he was not even eight years old.
But he was an exceptionally gifted student, of music theory as well as keyboard playing. He finished with a first prize in fugue with the equivalent of a summa cum laude in 1991 and with a gilded silver medal (equivalent to a magna cum laude) for piano in 1892; in 1896 he obtained the same medal for organ. He began composing at the age of 13, strongly encouraged by his father, who had given him his first music lessons, and stopped only in 1951, two years before his death. He was a candidate for the national composition “Grand Concours” in 1895 and came in second, but when he again participated in the next Concours, in 1897, he won with his cantata Comala. He composed music in nearly all forms, but he was an especially prolific writer of music for organ and piano, as well as chamber music

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