Composers: Arnold Schoenberg | Darius Milhaud | George Antheil | Igor Stravinsky | Olivier Messiaen | Paul Hindemith | Peter Schat | Reinbert de Leeuw
Thea Derks follows the musical trail of Reinbert de Leew on the basis of her biography Reinbert de Leeuw, man or melody.
Panorama de Leeuw XVI, Rondom series (2).
The Rondom Kwartet was formed thanks to a performance of the ‘Quatuor pour la fin du temps‘ by Olivier Messiaen in the Rondom series, with Reinbert de Leeuw at the piano, Vera Beths on the violin, Anner Bijlsma on the cello, and George Pieterson on the clarinet. The Messiaen quartet became their favourite piece which they also put on record in 1980. This is still considered as a standard. But the Rondom Kwartet also presents a rich variety of other composers, from Schönberg to Stravinsky, from Darius Milhaud to Peter Schat and from Paul Hindemith to George Antheil.
Today the complete performance of ‘Canto general’ by Peter Schat, a protest cycle on a text by Pablo Neruda about the murder of president Salvador Allende in 1973. Furthermore own recordings by the Concertzender with works by Milhaud and Hindemith.
1. Peter Schat. Canto general.
Lucia Meeuwsen, mezzo-soprano. Vera Beths, viool. Reinbert de Leeuw, piano.
2. Darius Milhaud. Suite for clarinet, violin and piano.
George Pieterson, clarinet. Vera Beths, violin. Reinbert de Leeuw, piano.
Own recording Concertzender 2 April 1992 Concertgebouw Amsterdam; Recording Wijnand de Groot, music producer Myrthe van Dijk.
3. Paul Hindemith. From Marienleben: ‘Die Darstellung’.
Irene Maessen, soprano. Reinbert de Leeuw, piano.
Recording Concertzender 8-1-1994 Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
Producer and host: Thea Derks
Sound engineer: Ger van den Beuken
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