Edition 70
The presentation of the Willem Pijper Award takes centre stage in this edition of Festival Dag in de Branding from 31 May to 2 June. Composers Cecilia Arditto and Trevor Grahl will be presented with this composition award from The Hague City Council by alderman Saskia Bruines in Amare. Of course, Arditto and Grahl’s work can be heard in the festival, which this time stretches over three days.
And there is more, much more. Tenor Marcel Beekman and the saxophonists of the Amstel Quartet perform Reza Namavar’s absurdist operatic radio play The Enchanted Dishwasher – wacky, compelling, and not to be missed. Another exciting piece of musical theatre can be enjoyed on Friday night: Timo Tembuyser’s MISSA MAMA NOVA, a choral concert about ‘archetypal Mother energy’. And Heather Pinkham presents a new edition of her successful Music for Empty Spaces project, featuring new solo pieces by nine composers.
An important part of Festival Dag in the Branding is the development programme for promising young makers. Maker-in-residence Guzmán Calzada Llorente crowns his two-year collaboration with the festival with a major work for ensemble Modelo62. New maker-in-residence Myrto Nizami presents a first scene from the new chamber opera she will be developing during her residency.
And there is more, much more. Tenor Marcel Beekman and the saxophonists of the Amstel Quartet perform Reza Namavar’s absurdist operatic radio play The Enchanted Dishwasher – wacky, compelling, and not to be missed. Another exciting piece of musical theatre can be enjoyed on Friday night: Timo Tembuyser’s MISSA MAMA NOVA, a choral concert about ‘archetypal Mother energy’. And Heather Pinkham presents a new edition of her successful Music for Empty Spaces project, featuring new solo pieces by nine composers.
An important part of Festival Dag in the Branding is the development programme for promising young makers. Maker-in-residence Guzmán Calzada Llorente crowns his two-year collaboration with the festival with a major work for ensemble Modelo62. New maker-in-residence Myrto Nizami presents a first scene from the new chamber opera she will be developing during her residency.
program Edition 70 / 31/1/2 Jun 2024
program 31 May 2024
Timo Tembuyser – MISSA MAMA NOVA
program 1 Jun 2024
14:30
Amare Concertzaal
Presentation Willem Pijper Award
Arjan Linker –
Jhalla in Raga Darbari
Trevor Grahl –
Music for Malmö (fragment)
Cecilia Arditto Delsoglio –
Tissue
Symphony orchestra of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam
16:30
Korzo
Myrto Nizami –
Prima Materia: part I
Heather Pinkham –
Music for Empty Spaces
Kristia Michael, soprano / Ensemble Modelo62 / James Oesi, double bass / Pamela Smits, cello / Susanna Borsch, recorder, electronics / Saskia Lankhoorn, piano / Thorwald Jørgensen, theremin / Tammo Heikens, surbahar / Suzanne van Berkum, bassoon / Tatiana Koleva, percussion / Elisabeth Hetherington, soprano
19:15
Nieuwe Kerk
Reza Namavar –
De betoverde vaatwasser (een absurdistisch hoorspel)
Marcel Beekman, tenor / Amstel Quartet
21:00
Theater De Regentes
Guzmán Calzada Llorente –
Portraits of fictional spaces
Ensemble Modelo62 featuring ensemble Heliosfero
With an introduction by the composer at 20.30
program 2 Jun 2024
