Nostalgia and Humility by Nederlands Jeugd Strijkorkest

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Hendrik Andriessen, Toru Takemitsu

Nederlands Jeugd Strijkorkest

Nostalgia and Humility

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Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917262926
Catnr: CC 72629
Release date: 06 December 2013
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Label
Challenge Classics

UPC
0608917262926

Catalogue number
CC 72629

Release date
06 December 2013

"4 stars"

BBC Music Magazine, 01-5-2014

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About the album

"The Netherlands Youth String Orchestra is the place to be for talented string players between the ages of 12 and 21. Its members include advanced students from junior talent classes or those who are pre- paring to study at conservatory, as well as pupils of private teachers and music schools. The orchestra’s aim is to train young budding professionals and provide concerts at the highest levels. Everyone is convinced by the enormous energy, infectious enthusiasm and extremely high musical and technical standards of this young orchestra." Bas Wiegers

Meesterlijke jongeren
Het Nederlands Jeugd Strijkorkest is dé plek voor getalenteerde strijkers van 12 tot 21 jaar oud. Onder de leden bevinden zich gevorderde studenten van junior talentenklassen en jongeren die zich voorbereiden op het conservatorium, naast de studenten van privédocenten en muziekscholen. Het doel van het orkest is om de jonge spelers op te leiden tot professionals en concerten te geven van het allerhoogste niveau. Het orkest wordt vaak geprezen voor de enorme energie, het aanstekelijke enthousiasme en de extreem hoge muzikale en technische standaarden.

Op dit album staan nostalgie en bescheidenheid centraal in drie werken van Pjotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovski, Hendrik Franciscus Andriessen en Toru Takemitsu. Tsjaikovski's Serenade voor strijkers, Op. 48 is geschreven op het hoogtepunt van de romantiek. Het stuk heeft een koortsachtige hartslag en zit vol met smachtende melodieën. De Nederlandse componist Hendrik Andriessen schreef zijn Miroir de Peine op tekst van de Franse dichter Henri Ghéon. De sonnetten vertellen het verhaal van het lijden van Christus, maar dan gezien vanuit het perspectief van moeder Maria. Het resultaat is een zeer persoonlijk en emotioneel verhaal op bijzondere muziek. Het laatste werk op dit album, Nostalghia van Takemitsu, is gebaseerd op de gelijknamige film van André Tarkovsky. De film presenteert een dromerige wereld waarin niets zeker is. De muziek van Takemitsu geeft diezelfde dromerigheid en onzekerheid weer in schitterende muziek die tijdens het luisteren langzaam lijkt te verdwijnen in de ether maar lang achterblijft in het geheugen.

De jonge strijkers spelen hier samen met mezzosopraan Cora Burggraaf en violiste Liza Ferschtman, beide internationaal bekende artiesten met een uitgebreide carrière in de klassieke muziek. Het orkest wordt geleid door Bas Wiegers. Wiegers was als violist actief in het Asko|Schönberg en trio 7090 en speelde geregeld met het Ives Ensemble, Remix Ensemble (Portugal), Anima Eterna en de Nederlandse Bachvereniging. Als dirigent heeft hij gewerkt met het Holland Symfonia, het Residentieorkest, het Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Asko|Schönberg, het Nieuw Ensemble, Slagwerk Den Haag en vele anderen.

Attraktive Werke für Streichorchester mit einem jungen weltoffenen Orchester auf internationalem Niveau.

Im niederländischen Jugendstreichorchester, dem Nederlands Jeugd Strijkorkest, spielen junge Musiker zwischen 12 und 21 Jahren auf aussergewöhnlich hohem Niveau. Mit dieser Aufnahme beweist das Orchester einmal mehr seine beeindruckende musikalische Qualität.

Nach Tschaikowskys Streicherserenade erklingt „Miroir de Peine“, eine Komposition von Hendrik Andriessen nach Texten des französischen Schriftstellers Henri Ghéon. Die Mezzosopranistin Cora Burggraf übernimmt die Solopartie.

Liza Ferschtman ist die zweite Solistin dieser Aufnahme. Sie spielt in Toru Takemitsus „Nostalghia“, das durch den gleichnamigen Film von André Tarkovsky inspiriert ist.

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Nederlands Jeugd Strijkorkest

The Netherlands Youth String Orchestra is the place to be for talented string players between the ages of 12 and 21. Its members include advanced students from junior talent classes or those who are pre- paring to study at conservatory, as well as pupils of private teachers and music schools. The orchestra’s aim is to train young budding professionals and provide concerts at the highest levels. Everyone is convinced by the enormous energy, infectious enthusiasm and extremely high musical and technical standards of this young orchestra.
The Netherlands Youth String Orchestra rehearses every Saturday at the inspirational new Conservatory in Amsterdam. It works on three programmes each year, and every session ends with a series of concerts at important venues in the Netherlands and abroad. The programmes consist of a special mix of standard and less familiar repertoire. NYSO accompanies world-famous soloists, including Claron McFadden, Bart Schneeman, Cora Burggraaf and Liza Ferschtman, all of whom have links with the orchestra. The rehearsals and concerts are directed by violinist and conductor Bas Wiegers. There are also regular sectional rehearsals, directed by specialists from ensembles such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Cello Octet Amsterdam.
NYSO is the finest youth string orchestra in the Netherlands and therefore also the finest learning base for talented string players at the very highest levels.

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Bas Wiegers (conductor)

Bas Wiegers studied at both Amsterdam and Freiburg conservatories. As a violinist, he was a member of the Asko Ensemble and trio 7090, and a frequent guest in other ensembles such as Ives Ensemble, Remix Ensemble (Portugal), Anima Eterna, and the Netherlands Bachvereniging. As a conductor, Wiegers has the same broad musical fascination and undogmatic orientation that marks him as a violinist. He was guest conductor for a great number of ensembles and orchestras with a wide range of repertoire. He conducted Holland Symfonia, The Hague Philharmonic, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, the Gelders Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Asko|Schönberg, the Nieuw Ensemble, Slagwerk Den Haag and many others.
He worked with many renowned soloists, e.g. Claron McFadden, Cora Burggraaf, Liza Ferschtman, Bart Schneemann and Anssi Karttunen. Also active in the field of opera, Wiegers conducted “Noye´s Fludde” by Britten, “Les Mamelles de Tirésias” and “La Voix Humaine” by Poulenc and ”La Tragédie de Carmen” by Bizet/Brook. He conducted for various international festivals such as the Gaudeamus Festival, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the London Almeida Festival and the Aldeburgh Music Festival. Being very active in the world of new music, Wiegers worked closely with Louis Andriessen, Theo Loevendie, Martijn Padding, Klaas de Vries, Klas Torstensson, George Benjamin, Oliver Knussen, Michael Finnissy and many others. In September of 2012, he worked along-side Peter Eötvös with the Royal Concert- gebouw Orchestra as the second conductor in the Fourth Symphony by Charles Ives. He was assistant conductor of the same orchestra under Mariss Jansons in Amériques by Edgard Varèse and more recently under Susanna Mälkki during the Holland Festival 2012.

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Hendrik Andriessen

The Dutch composer and organist Hendrik Andriessen grew up in a family of artists. Three of his children, Louis, Caecilia and Jurriaan, also became well-known composers. Hendrik is mainly known for his improvisations at the organ and his role in the development of liturgical music. At the beginning of his career Andriessen composed mostly vocal music and works for organ, which not only elaborated on the music of French organ composers like Franck and Pierné, but were also influenced by Gregorian chant and the style of Alphons Diepenbrock. He also composed orchestral works and chamber music, in which he sometimes experimented with bitonality and dodecaphony, without losing sight of tonality. Especially his sacred music is innovative. His secular music is written...

The Dutch composer and organist Hendrik Andriessen grew up in a family of artists. Three of his children, Louis, Caecilia and Jurriaan, also became well-known composers. Hendrik is mainly known for his improvisations at the organ and his role in the development of liturgical music.
At the beginning of his career Andriessen composed mostly vocal music and works for organ, which not only elaborated on the music of French organ composers like Franck and Pierné, but were also influenced by Gregorian chant and the style of Alphons Diepenbrock. He also composed orchestral works and chamber music, in which he sometimes experimented with bitonality and dodecaphony, without losing sight of tonality. Especially his sacred music is innovative. His secular music is written in a moderate modern style that is accessible but also leaves room for depth. Famous works in his oeuvre are the song cycle Miroir de peine, the Ricercare for symphony orchestra and the four symphonies.

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky is considered as one of the most talented Russian composers of the 19th century. Unlike many other Russian composers of his time, he studied at a conservatory and made the western music theory his own. So, he was not as distrustful of western music as the group of nationalistic composers surrounding Balakirev. Yet, Tchaikovsky sought to express the typical Russian mentality just as much and used many Russian folk songs in his music. He had a good relationship with Balakirev, who helped him with constructive feedback on his first masterpiece, the overture of Romeo and Juliet. At times, Tchaikovsky was emotionally unstable, which has often been attributed to struggles with his homosexuality. His decision to marry proved to be disastrous and plunged him into a deep crisis. Yet, the passionate letters of his fiance, even though they barely knew each other, did inspire him to compose his succesful opera Evgenij Onegin. Tchaikovsky had the wonderful gift of composing the most beautiful, lyric melodies. He had a feeling for creating a certain atmosphere in his music and mastered the art of orchestration. Moreover, he excelled in dance music, which made him the ideal composer for ballet. With his ballets The Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker he brought the genre to a higher level. During his life, he was already a celebrity. He often did tours to conduct his music and in the USA he was welcomed as a star. He died unexpectedly, nine days after the premiere of his incredibly gloomy Sixth Symphony, probably of cholera. Some other highlights of his body of works are his First Piano Concerto, his Violin Concerto and the Rococo-variations.

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Toru Takemitsu

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4 stars
BBC Music Magazine, 01-5-2014

THE Netherlands Youth Strin Orchestra, which nutures the talents of young budding professionals, presents a programme of music that showcases their infectious energy and enthusiasm.
Northern Echo , 13-3-2014