Dutch Music Week
April 30 - May 6, 2004
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Dutch Music Week on CBC Radio Two
Broadcast Schedule

Friday, April 30, 2004: Day 1
(Queen's Birthday)

Take Five with Shelley Solmes
1:00 pm (1:30 pm NT)


From the Utrecht Early Music Festival
The Orchestra of the 18th Century
Thomas Zehetmaier, Violin
Frans Bruggen, conductor

Robert Schumann: Manfred Overture, Op. 115
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in d minor Op. 120
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 77


After Hours
10:00 pm (10:30 pm NT)

Starting April 30, and continuing through the weekday evenings of Dutch Music Week, host Andy Sheppard samples the music of a different Dutch jazz artist each night: Luluk, Tineke Postma, Pauline Van Schaik. Plus, an update on the Dutch jazz scene.


Saturday, May 1, 2004: Day 2

To Be Announced


Sunday, May 2, 2004: Day 3

Choral Concert with host Howard Dyck
8:00 am (8:30 am NT)


Mendelssohn: Elijah
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Margriet van Reisen, contralto
Marcel Reijans, tenor
Quentin Hayes, baritone
David van Berne, boy soprano
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chorus
Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Symphony OrchestraConductor: Simon Halsey

Westcoast Performance
12:00 pm PDT

(Regional Broadcast - British Columbia only)

This week on Westcoast Performance, host Michael Juk brings you a concert featuring Dutch music for wind band, performed by the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble. (Concert recorded at Vancouver's Vogue Theatre on Saturday, May 1.) Don't miss it!


Artscape
12:00 pm EDT
(Regional Broadcast - Ottawa area only)

This week on Artscape, host Gary Hayes talks with Ottawa poet Christopher Levenson about his experiences in the 1953 Flood in the Zeeland region. He wrote a number of poems about the disaster, which were set to music by Dutch composer Douwe Eisenga.



The Singer and the Song
1:00 pm (1:30 pn NT)


Host Catherine Belyea will showcase Dutch singers Nan Merriman, Robert Holl, Elly Ameling and Jard van Nes, along with a little Dutch vocal music, old and new.


Pearls of Wisdom
6:30 pm (7:00 pm NT)

Host David Wisdom features the splendid band from Amsterdam, The Beau Hunks, as well as their associated bands, The Metropole Orchestra, Robert Veen Sextet and The Magnificent 7. The repertoire consists of music from Laurel & Hardy movies, Little Rascals serials and especially the compositions of Raymond Scott.

Two New Hours
10:00 pm (11:00 Atlantic, 11:30 pm NT)


Esprit Orchestra
Tomoko Mukaiyama, piano
Colleen Skull, soprano
Martin Houtman, tenor
Alex Pauk, conductor
(recorded at Glenn Gould Studio at 14:00)

Tristan Keuris: Sinfonia (1974)
Chris Paul Harman: Axel (1998-1999)
Alexina Louie: Prologue & Berceuse from
The Scarlet Princess (2002)
Jose Evangelista: Sinfonie minute (1994)
Peter-Jan Wagemans: Eden's Gardener (2002) for
piano & orch.


Monday, May 3, 2004: Day 4

After Hours
10:00 pm (10:30 pm NT)


Host Andy Sheppard continues to highlight the music of Holland's jazz artists.


Tuesday, May 4, 2004: Day 5
(Remembrance Day)

Take Five with Shelley Solmes
1:00 pm (1:30 pm NT)


Radio Filharmonich Orkest Holland
Edo de Waart, conductor
Elizabeth Connell, soprano
Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano
Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor
Eike Wilm Schulte, bass
National Children's Chorus
Netherlands Radio Chorus

John Adams: On The Transmigration of Souls
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 9

After Hours
10:00 pm (10:30 pm NT)


Host Andy Sheppard continues to highlight the music of Holland's jazz artists.


Wednesday, May 5, 2004: Day 6
(Liberation Day)

Take Five with Shelley Solmes
1:00 pm (1:30 pm NT)


Pieter Wispelwey, cello
Dejan Lazic, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Complete Sonatas for piano and cello, Op. 5, 69 and 102

In Performance
8:00 pm (8:30 pm NT)


Host Eric Friesen spends an evening exploring the numerous musical connections between Montreal and the Netherlands, with Baroque music performed by Arion & Jaap ter Linden, Marion Verbruggen, the Ensemble Caprice and others.

After Hours
10:00 pm (10:30 pm NT)


Host Andy Sheppard continues to highlight the music of Holland's jazz artists.


Thursday, May 6, 2004: Day 7
(Ottawa Tulip Festival begins)

Take Five with Shelley Solmes
12:00 pm (12:30 pm NT)


This week on “Organ Thursday,” Jurgen Petrenko features the Hexachord Fantasia by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, played by Robert Woolley on the Van Hagerbeer organ of the Pieterskerk in Leiden.

Take Five Concert
1:00 pm (1:30 pm NT)


Shelley Solmes brings you a concert given in Toronto by the famous Amsterdam Loekie Stardust Quartet. On the programme, works by Hirose, Gombert, Ortiz, Vivaldi, Koomans, Wagemans and others.

In Performance
8:00 pm (8:30 pm NT)


Guest host Denise Ball presents the Turning Point Ensemble, from a concert recorded in Vancouver on April 30. The programme features music by Canadian and Dutch composers.

Willem Pijper: Sextet
Colin McPhee: Concerto for Piano
Barbara Pentland: Octet for Winds
Hendrik Andriessen: Intermezzo
Ton de Leeuw: Vijf Schetsen
Claude Vivier: Et je reverrai cette ville etrange
Louis Andriessen: Zilver

After Hours
10:00 pm (10:30 pm NT)


Host Andy Sheppard continues to highlight the music of Holland's jazz artists.

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