String Trios Nos. 9 -12 by Lendvai String Trio

Julius Röntgen

Lendvai String Trio

String Trios Nos. 9 -12

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Champs Hill
UPC: 5060212591043
Catnr: CHRCD 101
Release date: 30 October 2015
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Label
Champs Hill

UPC
5060212591043

Catalogue number
CHRCD 101

Release date
30 October 2015

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About the album

The Lendvai String Trio release the third disc in a series of the complete String Trios by Dutch composer Julius Röntgen (1855-1932).

The trio’s journey began in 2007 when they stumbled across Röntgen’s first string trio (the only one published to date), and soon after discovered that there are fifteen more, carefully stored in handwritten manuscript form in the Netherlands Music Institute in the Hague.

A major award - The Kersjes Prize - and support from Champs Hill Records has enabled this project to be realised.

A unique feature of these works is its numerous references to traditional Dutch tunes and dances. Roentgen’s interest in folk music was largely due to his friendship with Edvard Grieg, with whom he traveled through Norway in search of Norwegian folk songs. For Röntgen it became important to do the same for the traditional music of Holland, and he considered the dissemination and popularization of his national music as one of his most important tasks.

The Lendvai Trio are Dutch violinist Nadia Wijzenbeek, Swedish violist Ylvali Zilliacus and British cellist Marie Macleod. Since their Wigmore Hall debut in 2006, the Lendvai String Trio has had a busy schedule of concerts at major venues throughout Europe, including several re-invitations to Wigmore Hall, recitals at King’s Place, the Barbican and Purcell Room in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Musikaliska in Stockholm.

“... there’s an order of mastery casually involved here that’s quite out of the ordinary.” International Record Review

“The Lendvai Trio’s enthusiasm for these works compels attention, and one can hear the broad grins on their faces as they played...” Gramophone

Deel III uit de serie met alle strijktrio’s van Röntgen
Dit is het derde volume uit de hooggeprezen serie van het Lendvai Trio met alle strijktrio’s van de Nederlandse componist Julius Röntgen. Het bevat enkele werken die nooit zijn opgenomen.

De talloze verwijzingen naar traditionele Nederlandse liederen en dansen kenmerken deze werken. Röntgens interesse in volksmuziek was grotendeels toe te schrijven aan zijn vriendschap met Edvard Grieg, met wie hij door Noorwegen reisde, op zoek naar Noorse volksliederen. Voor Röntgen werd het belangrijk hetzelfde te doen voor de volksmuziek van Nederland, en hij beschouwde de verspreiding en popularisatie van zijn nationale muziek als een van zijn belangrijkste taken.

Het Lendvai String Trio over deze serie: “Dit prachtige project van het ontdekken, uitvoeren en opnemen van de volledige strijktrio’s van Julius Röntgen is een echt een fantastische ervaring voor ons geweest. Onze reis begon in 2007, toen we toevallig Röntgens eerste strijktrio aantroffen, en vlak daarna ontdekten dat er nog vijftien meer waren, zorgvuldig bewaard in een handgeschreven manuscript in het Nederlands Muziek Instituut in Den Haag. We werden geïntrigeerd, en begonnen het manuscript nader te onderzoeken.”

Het Lendvai Trio bestaat uit de Nederlandse violiste Nadia Wijzenbeek, de Zweedse altvioliste Ylvali Zilliacus en de Britse celliste Marie Macleod. Sinds zijn debuut in Wigmore Hall in 2006 heeft het trio niet meer stilgezeten!

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Lendvai String Trio

Since their Wigmore Hall debut in 2006, the Lendvai String Trio has had a busy schedule of concerts at major venues throughout Europe, including several re-invitations to Wigmore Hall, recitals at King’s Place, the Barbican and Purcell Room in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Musikaliska in Stockholm. In 2011 the trio was awarded the prestigious Kersjes Ensemble Prize in Holland, as well as being selected for the Concertgebouw’s Young Artist Series in Amsterdam; other previous successes include winning awards from the Kirckman Concert Society, the Worshipful Company of Musicians, Musician’s Benevolent Fund, the Park Lane Group, and the Concert Promoters Network in the UK. In 2005 they were s elected for the Holland Music Sessions ‘New Masters on Tour’, resulting...

In 2011 the trio was awarded the prestigious Kersjes Ensemble Prize in Holland, as well as being selected for the Concertgebouw’s Young Artist Series in Amsterdam; other previous successes include winning awards from the Kirckman Concert Society, the Worshipful Company of Musicians, Musician’s Benevolent Fund, the Park Lane Group, and the Concert Promoters Network in the UK. In 2005 they were s elected for the Holland Music Sessions ‘New Masters on Tour’, resulting in a series of concerts across Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Netherlands. The trio regularly perform at festivals in the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria and Sweden and their concerts have been broadcast by Dutch Radio 4, Swedish Radio P2 and BBC Radio 3. Their recent recording of the complete Beethoven String Trios received international acclaim and was BBC Music Magazine’s Chamber Choice in June 2013.

The trio enjoys regular collaborations with other artists and recent highlights have included concerts with oboists Alexei Ogrintchouk and Nicholas Daniel, and pianists Paolo Giacometti, Charles Owen, Alasdair Beatson and Martin Sturfält. As well as regularly commissioning new works, the Lendvai String Trio are also keen to uncover and revive ‘lost’ works for the genre. During a two year long project (2013-2015) the trio will perform and record all sixteen unpublished string trios by the romantic Dutch composer Julius Röntgen for Champs Hill Records.

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Nadia Wijzenbeek (violin)

Dutch violinist Nadia Wijzenbeek is in high demand as a soloist, chamber musician and concertmaster. She made concerto debuts in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in 1999 and the Royal Albert Hall in 2004 with the Dutch Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. She has since returned to the Concertgebouw with orchestras such as the National State Orchestra of the Ukraine. She has given recitals at the Palais de Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Rudolphinum in Prague, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and halls in Moscow and St Petersburg. As a member of the Aronowitz Ensemble, Nadia was a BBC New Generation Artist and Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award winner and has recorded extensively for the BBC, Hyperion and Sonimage. The ensemble plays regularly at major halls and festivals throughout the UK and Europe. In 2009 Nadia was appointed concertmaster of the Radio Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra in the Netherlands, and in 2013 became the concertmaster of the Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Nadia is also Artistic Director of the popular concert series Raadhuisconcerten in her hometown of Hilversum in the Netherlands.

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Ylvali Zilliacus (viola)

Swedish violist Ylvali Zilliacus enjoys an international career of chamber music, solo performances and orchestral playing. In recent years she has performed as a soloist in Sweden, Brasil, Switzerland, Greece, England and Cyprus and has taken part in many major international chamber music festivals across Europe. Between 2009 and 2013 Ylvali was principal violist of the Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra in Växjö, Sweden; she has also worked as a guest principal with the Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Umeå Symphony Orchestra, and regularly plays with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Ylvali studied at the Royal College of Music with Simon Rowland Jones, and in Berlin as a DAAD scholar with Tabea Zimmermann at the Hans-Eisler Hochschule für Musik. Between 2003 – 2007 Ylvali played with the period instrument ensemble English Concert in London, directed by Andrew Manze, and with them frequently recorded for Harmonia Mundi as well as giving extensive tours of the USA. Ylvali plays on a Lorenzo Storioni viola built in 1767, kindly lent to her by the Swedish Musical Instrument Foundation. Alongside music, Ylvali is also committed to practicing Ashtanga Yoga.

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Marie Macleod (cello)

British cellist Marie Macleod has performed throughout Europe, USA and Australia as soloist and chamber musician, appearing with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra and the Ulster Orchestra. As well as being cellist in the Lendvai String Trio, Marie is also a member of the Phoenix Piano Trio and the Aronowitz Ensemble who are BBC New Generation Artists and Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award winners, recording regularly for the BBC and Sonimage. In 2013 Marie was appointed principal cellist of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Between 2006 – 2008 she was principal cellist of the Västerås Sinfonietta in Sweden, after which she became the assistant cello teacher at the Yehudi Menuhin School and cellist in the Sheffield based chamber group Ensemble 360. Marie’s competition successes include winning the string section of the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 1998, the Royal Over-Seas League, the Suggia Gift for Cello and the bronze medal in the Shell/LSO competition. She studied with Louise Hopkins at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Steven Isserlis at IMS Prussia Cove, Frans Helmerson in Germany and David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She plays a Matteo Goffriller cello from 1706.

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Julius Röntgen

Röntgen wrote sixteen String Trios, fifteen of which have never been published. For the most part, the Trios were also neither numbered nor named by the composer (an exception being the Walzer Suite), leaving the year of composition and key signature as the only means of their identification.
For someone who had starting composing in his teens, it is surprising that Röntgen came to the genre of String Trios only later in life, completing his first trio in 1915 at the age of 60 and the last trio in 1930, two years before his death. The reasons for this remain obscure, but it is clear that chamber music played an important part in Röntgen’s life. In 1912, he formed a professional piano trio with two of his sons from his first marriage (Engelbert, a cellist, and Julius Jr., a violinist). With this ensemble, he gave concerts for years. However, Röntgen had another favourite instrument, the viola, and with two sons from his second marriage (Edvard and Joachim), he played string trios, presumably only at home, where he himself played the viola parts.
At the end of 1919, Röntgen became an official citizen of the Netherlands. Shortly thereafter he celebrated his 65th birthday, but instead of decreasing his activities and responsibilities, he kept himself busier than ever. He retained his position as director of the Amsterdam Conservatory until 1924, accepted private students, and even started to concertize again. From 1920 to 1923, Röntgen composed a great deal of vocal music, chamber music (including several string quartets), some orchestral pieces, concertos, and a number of contrapuntal works for piano.

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