1-10 november 2019 ’s-hertogenbosch · avishai cohen, mayke nas, helmut lachenmann and many...

November Music is the festival for adventurous music lovers. Each year, it brings together the most original and progressive makers and musicians from around the world who do not go with the flow or swim against the tide but create their own new movements and trends.

November Music 2019 presents around 90 concerts in a variety of genres with the Bosch Requiem, Calliope Tsoupaki, the Metropole Orchestra & Colin Benders, Ensemble Modern, Schweigman&, Tigran Hamasyan, Avishai Cohen, Mayke Nas, Helmut Lachenmann and many others.

1-10 NOVEMBER 2019’s-HERTOGENBOSCH

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NOVEMBER MUSIC 2019 CONTENT

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Crossroads were used to control traffic in the not so distant past. Now roundabouts are more popular as they ensure better circulation. And whereas we used to say that November Music was like a crossroads (for the latest music trends), it seems more apt these days to talk of a roundabout where traffic can merge seamlessly and flexibly as drivers pick and choose the best solutions. Translated into our own terms, November Music has become a musical roundabout. A place where composers, musicians, and makers collaborate and meet each other as well as the audience. This year, too, the festival programme is brimming with premieres and extraordinary projects that can rarely be seen – or heard – in other locations. The genres weave in and out. Just as happens on roundabouts.

This year, for the first time, together with Buma, we are organizing a New Music Conference with the aim to write a roadmap for the future, in close consultation with our (inter)national guests. An excellent occasion to kick-start our European project Sounds Now. Experience it with us at November Music 2019!

Bert Palinckx & Theo van Dooremalen

STAFFHeleen Moors Management Koen Graat Programming Jazz & world / communicationBernard Jussen Technical coordinatorKlaartje Wouters Marketing coordinator

PHOTOGRAPHY & VISUALSStudio Kluif, Sylvain Gripoix, Yani Pictures, Egil Hansen, Marc Bolsius, Merijn Bisschops, Sanne

Peper, Bowie Verschuuren, Jan van den Bossche, Simon van Boxtel, Teun Hocks - courtesy

Torch Galley Amsterdam, Grégoire Verbeke, Jostijn Ligtvoet, Rüdiger Schestag, Isabelle Renate

la Poutré, Stamatis Xanthoulis, Jan Hoek, Lana Duiverman, Chris van Wyk, Maarten Jüngen,

Michal Grycko, Tom Leentjes, Nichon Glerum, Elini Mik, Anouk van Kalmthout, Annelies van der

Vegt, Sarah Wijzenbeek, Maurits Giesen, Igor Studio, Marcel Krijgsman, Sander Heezen, Caroline

Forbes, Eric van Nieuwland, Thomas Huisman, Daniel Nicolas, Michiel van Nieuwkerk, René

Castelijn, Wout Nooitgedagt, Helga Raimondi, Anna van Kooij and others

BOARDLucas Vis ChairmanGerton Heyne TreasurerEdo Dijksterhuis MemberKaren Neervoort MemberAnnette den Heijer Member

Subject to modifications

For up-to-date information go to

www.novembermusic.net

TEXTSMark van de Voort

DESIGNAnke Schalk (Toelgroep)

Studio Kluif (cover image)

Schedule p. 4

Friday 1 November p. 14

Saturday 2 November p. 18

Sunday 3 November p. 24

Monday 4 November p. 27

Tuesday 5 November p. 29

Wednesday 6 November p. 32

Thursday 7 November p. 35

Friday 8 November p. 44

Saturday 9 November p. 50

Sunday 10 November p. 64

ArtmusicRoute – How does it work? p. 71

ArtmusicRoute – Concerts p. 72

More about music p. 86

Composer in focus p. 88

Commissioned works p. 89

Locations p. 90

Practical information p. 92

Sponsors and partners p. 94

SATURDAY 2 NOV

4-5.15 PMThe Riot Ensemble

Georg Friedrich HaasWillem Twee Toonzaal

4-5 PMStian Westerhus

Bij Katrien7.45-10 PM

Bosch Requiem 2019Calliope Tsoupaki

Lot VekemansTheater aan de Parade

7-7.15 PMVocaal Ensemble Markant

Jesse Passenier / Eric AlinkGrote Kerk

7.45-9 PMYOM

Willem Twee Toonzaal

2-2.45 PMClaudia Molitor

& Sanne RambagsBabel

8-9.15 PMphilharmonie zuidnederland

Verkadefabriek

9.45-11 PMRymden

Theater aan de Parade

FRIDAY 1 NOV

11.30 AM-6 PMArtmusicRoute

Remy van Kesteren / Eric Vloeimans / Michel van der Aa a/ovarious locations

Schedule p. 12-13

7-8 PMCapella Brabant Kris Oelbrandt

Grote Kerk

8.45-10 PMMozdzer Danielsson Fresco Trio

& Holland BaroqueVerkadefabriek

SUNDAY 3 NOV

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MONDAY 4 NOV

7-10 PMMusic Hub Night

Sanne Rambags / Eva van Pelt Rianne Wilbers / Mathijs Leeuwis a/o

Verkadefabriek

9-10 PMArno Schuitemaker

Aart StrootmanVerkadefabriek

8-9 PMArno Schuitemaker

Aart StrootmanVerkadefabriek

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7-10 PMAnna Korsun / Gilius van Bergeijk

Grote Kerk & Willem Twee Toonzaal

8.30-9.45 PMLeineRoebana

Verkadefabriek

8.30-9.45 PMEstafest & Andreas Schaerer

Verkadefabriek

TUESDAY 5 NOV

7-8 PMTrio Catch


8.30-9.45 PMSchweigman&


8.30-10.30 PMSilbersee

Verkadefabriek

WEDNESDAY 6 NOV

12.30-1.45 PMYuko Kakuta &

Yukiko Sugawara Willem Twee Toonzaal

7-8 PMRalph van Raat Daan Manneke


8-12 PMMoodz - Anna Meredith

DJ Gabriel Prokofiev BeraadGeslagen e.a.

Willem Twee Poppodium & Verkadefabriek

8.30-9.30 PMNieuw Amsterdams Peil

Mayke NasVerkadefabriek

8.45-10 PMCappella Breda Daan Manneke

Grote Kerk

4-4.30 PMVeronique

van den Engh Daan MannekeSint-Janskathedraal

7-8 PMFlorian Magnus Maier

Paul & Menno de NooijerVerkadefabriek

5-5.15 PMJoost van Balkom

Daan MannekeSint-Janskathedraal

6-6.15 PMJoost van Balkom

Daan MannekeSint-Janskathedraal

THURSDAY 7 NOV

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FRIDAY 8 NOV

10.00-6 PMNew Music Conference 2019

Verkadefabriek

12.30-1.15 PMQuertetto Maurice

Georg Friedrich HaasWillem Twee Toonzaal

7-8 PMTEMKO

Slagwerk Den HaagAart Strootman


8.30-11 PMMetropole Orkest

Colin BendersIbeyi


8.45-10 PMEnsemble ModernSarah Maria Sun

Verkadefabriek

4-5 PMGenetic Choir

Babel

12.30-1.45 PMQuertetto Maurice


4-4.45 PMBrendan Faegre

Robin CoopsVerkadefabriek

2-3.15 PMJames Oesi Vincent van Amsterdam

Babel

4-5 PMMAZE

Claudio F. BaroniWillem Twee Kunstruimte

2-3 PMAnne-Maartje

LemereisKenza Koutchoukali

Theater Artemis

3.30-4.45 PMDe Toverfluit (7+)De Toneelmakerij

SilberseeTheater aan de Parade

4-4.45 PMEvelien

van den BroekBabel

SATURDAY 9 NOV

6.45-8.15 PMIves Ensemble


8.45-10 PMAsko|Schönberg

Wu WeiTheater aan de Parade

8.45-9.45 PMBrabant Koor

Sergej Rachmaninov Alfred Momotenko

Jheronimus Bosch Art Center

9 PM-3 AMPlug

Werkwarenhuis

6.45-8 PMAmstel &

Keuris QuartetMaxim Shalygin

Verkadefabriek

7-8 PMMAZE

Claudio F. Baroni Willem Twee Kunstruimte

7-11.30 PMColours of Improvisation

Avishai Cohen QuartetMarcin Wasilewski Trio & Tineke Postma

Free Desmyter & Bassem HawarVerkadefabriek

8.30-9.30 PMGenetic Choir

Babel

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12-5.30 PMRagazze Quartet Morton FeldmanWillem Twee Toonzaal

1-1.45 PMDe Paraplu (4+)

Verkadefabriek

3-3.45 PMDe Paraplu (4+)

Verkadefabriek

3.30-5 PMYazz AhmedVerkadefabriek

4.15-6 PMCollegium Vocale Eindhoven / Ad

ParnassumGrote Kerk & Jheronimus

Bosch Art Center8.30-9.45 PM

Nieuw Ensemble Joël Bons

Verkadefabriek

1.30-2.45 PMTigran Hamasyan &

Mathias EickVerkadefabriek

SUNDAY 10 NOV

De klank van de buren Installatie Expeditie

Werkwarenhuisp. 18

2-3 PM &

4-5 PM

11.30 AM, 1 PM, 2.30 PM, 4 PM & 5.30 PM

7-8 PM 7-8 PM 5-6 PM 5-6 PM

11 AM-5 PM 9 AM-5.30 PM11 AM-5 PM 9 AM-5.30 PM 9 AM-5.30 PM 9 AM-7 PM 9 AM-7 PM 11 AM-5 PM 11 AM-5 PM

12.30-5 PM 2-3 PM12.30-5 PM 2-5 PM 2-5 PM 2-5 PM 2-5 PM 2-5 PM 2-5 PM

7-8 PM 7-8 PM

The Body Imitates the Landscape

Willem Twee Kunstruimte p. 70

4’33Galerie Mieke van Schaijk

p. 70

Return to ZeroVerkadefabriek Matzer

p. 70

SAT 2 NOVFRI 1 NOV MON 4 NOV WED 6 NOVSUN 3 NOV TUE 5 NOV THUR 7 NOV FRI 8 NOV SAT 9 NOV SUN 10 NOVINSTALLATIONS

SOUND

9 AM-7 PM

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11.30 AM

12 PM 12.30 PM

1 PM 1.30 AM

2 PM 2.30 AM

3 PM 3.30 AM

4 PM 4.30 AM

5 PM 5.30 AM

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SUNDAY 3 NOV ARTMUSICROUTE

SOUNDS & SONGSROUTE

p. 72

CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI ROUTE

p. 74

EAST & WEST ROUTE

p. 76

HCMF ROUTE

p. 78

PERCUSSIONROUTE

p. 80

VARIETYROUTE

p. 82

SOUND & VISIONROUTE

p. 84

AMPAROUTE

p. 85

Remy van Kesteren

Michel van der Aa

Helge Slikker

Heleen Hulst / Gerard Bouwhuis

Eric Vloeimans / Markus Stockhausen

Erik Bosgraaf

Matthijs Koene

Maya Youssef Trio

Sebastiaan van Bavel project

Sinan Arat

Kamerkoor JIP / Ghaeth Almaghoot

The Riot Ensemble

Zubin Kanga

Evan Parker / Matt Wright

Tatiana Koleva

Brendan Faegre

Nerea Vera

Mervyn Groot / Ytjse Rosier

Arthur Wagenaar

Cecilia Arditto

Germaine Sijstermans

Claudio F. Baroni / Adi Hollander

Installatie Expeditie

Cathy van Eck

fc Jongbloed

Ensembles AMPA

Willem Twee Poppodium

Babel Pleitzaal

Verkadefabriek Kleine Zaal

Babel Pleitzaal

Grote Kerk

Museum Slager

Babel Hofzaal

Verkadefabriek Clubzaal

Verkadefabriek Clubzaal

Museum Slager

Noordbrabants Museum Statenzaal


Verkadefabriek Cabaretfirma

Jazzwerkplaats

Verkadefabriek Matzer

Pand 18

Verkadefabriek Filmzaal 5

Bij Katrien (v/h Bank van Leening)

Werkwarenhuis

Design Museum Den Bosch

Galerie Mieke van Schaijk

Willem Twee Kunstruimte

Werkwarenhuis

Bij Katrien (v/h Bank van Leening)

Azijnfabriek

Azijnfabriek

Location

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Music November, together with the town council, commissioned Jesse Passenier to write a composition to celebrate the liberation of ’s-Hertogenbosch 75 years ago. Passenier’s Alan was inspired by Operation Alan, which was executed by the 53rd Welsh Infantry Division that freed ’s-Hertogenbosch following an intensive six-day battle. The work juxtaposes four groups of singers and is conducted by Bernhard Touwen. A truly dynamic acoustic spectacle.Town chronicler Eric Alink provides a personal perspective in Krijt (Chalk), a lyric he wrote specifically for this occasion. His layered text is reflected in the choir sound; it is alternately warm and forceful, as a girl shares her experiences from the eve of the battles until liberation is a fact. Her world is innocent but the music expresses the ambiguity that is captured in the narrative.Alan will also be performed during the event Liberation ’s-Hertogenbosch 75 years at De Parade on Saturday 26 October.

ALANJESSE PASSENIER / ERIC ALINKVocaal Ensemble Markant and other choirs from ’s Hertogenbosch

Fri 1 NovGrote Kerk

7-7.15 PM

free

vocal / choirs

YOM

Fri 1 NovWillem Twee

Toonzaal

7.45-9 PM

€ 16 / € 8

world / jazz

From cinematic chamber music to superfast clarinet improvisations – clarinettist Yom (Guillaume Humrey) has imbued the klezmer tradition with a new and contemporary vigour. The Frenchmen loves Yiddish music. He interprets it in his very own way.

Yom performs with a trio which also consists of cellist Fredric Deville and violinist Régis Huby. The project is a sequel to the wonderful Le Silence de l’Exode that put to music the wanderings through the wilderness of the Israelites. Yom’s new compositions revolve around the sea. Both as an El Dorado and a scene of potentially lethal crossings.

Yom is regarded as an absolute virtuoso in France, he straddles the boundaries between jazz, Jewish, and classical music. He will finally perform in the Netherlands.

RYMDENft. Bugge Wesseltoft, Dan Berglund & Magnus Öström

Fri 1 NovTheater aan de

Parade Pleinzaal

9.45-11 PM

€ 20 / € 10

jazz

‘The band is this season’s must hear,’ wrote the Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad in regards to the new Scandinavian jazz group, Rymden. 11 years ago, in 2008, the death of the legendary pianist Esbjörn Svensson of the Swedish trio E.S.T. spelled the end of one of the most innovative jazz ensembles of the early 21st century. The two remaining E.S.T. members, percussionist Magnus Öström and bass player Dan Berglund, each went their own way. Fantastic musicians with a ton of experience, who are regrouping for the first time as part of a brand-new jazz trio. For the Norwegian pianist/keyboard player Bugge Wesseltoft it is a dream come to true to work with Östrom and Berglund at long last.

‘As with Svensson, Rymden’s dynamics and solid groove are highly distinctive... The three musicians seamlessly collaborate in a way that makes it appear the trio have been together for years. According to Wesseltoft, the record is a modest reflection of what Rymden is capable of in a live situation. This is very promising indeed.’ De Volkskrant

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Rock, jazz, electric guitar solos, and iron-cast wind orchestra classics; the eclectic South Netherlands Philharmonic is always a welcome guest at November Music. This time, the focus is on the wind section of the orchestra, led by conductor Karel Deseure. The programme features the indispensable and seminal Symphony of Wind Instruments by Igor Stravinsky.

There will also be contemporary cross-overs. The composition Twin Twinkler (by and with the Norwegian guitarist and composer, Stian Westerhus) premiered last year. The orchestra worked with him for the first time during November Music 2014.The piece, for wind players and the phenomenal soloist Westerhus on electric guitar, just begs to be repeated.

In addition, a surprising piece that was commissioned from the young composer Jesse Passenier. The jazz and rock singer Ruben Hein has been given a special part. Passenier’s Division is a resounding ode to the liberation of ’s-Hertogenbosch by the 53rd Welsh Infantry Division in 1944, precisely 75 years ago. Vocaal Ensemble Markant’s contribution is spectacular.

Fri 1 NovVerkadefabriek

Grote Zaal

8-9.15 PM

c 20 / c 10

composed / rock /

choirs

RUBEN HEIN / STIAN WESTERHUS / PHILHARMONIE ZUIDNEDERLAND Igor Stravinsky / Stian Westerhus / Jesse Passenier

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DECAYCLAUDIA MOLITORClaudia Molitor / Tullis Rennie / Sanne Rambags

Sat 2 Nov Babel Pleitzaal

2-2.45 PM

€ 14 / € 7

composed / music

and visuals

3 PM interview

Claudia Molitor

Decay is a sound meditation on the beauty and implications of our mortality by the English composer Claudia Molitor, with trombonist Tullis Rennie. Each time, she collaborates with different musicians so the work continues to shapeshift.Specifically for November Music, Molitor and Renne join forces with the young Dutch vocalist Sanne Rambags, who is at home in jazz as well as in more recent musical offshoots.

Rambags’ work is inspired by nature’s grandiosity and Norway’s panoramic views, which makes her the ideal guest for this project. Decay had its premiere at the prestigious HCMF in Huddersfield (UK) in 2018.

November Music offers plenty of opportunities each year for high-quality contemporary sound installations and sound art. For the first time, the Installation Expedition takes place in the atmospheric WerkWarenHuis in local hotspot De Tramkade. Composer/sound artist Matteo Marangon is once again the curator. This year, he is collaborating with curator Joost Fonteyne of the Belgian art initiative Wilde Westen, based in Kortrijk. Four sound artists from Belgium and four from the Netherlands are showing brand-new work in the historic- industrial WerkWarenHuis spaces. That is to say, the vibrant sound artist scenes from two of the Low Countries are finally are put on the same map. The following artists participate in the exhibition De Klank van de Buren (The Sound of the Neighbours): Paul Devens, Ana Guedes, Flora Koene, Jesus Canuto Iglesias, Arzu Saglam, Jeroen Vandesande, Floris Vanhoof, and Kris Verdonk.Bart van Dongen is the expedition’s leader this year, too.

DE KLANK VAN DE BURENINSTALLATION EXPEDITIONJeroen Vandesande / Kris Verdonk / Flora Koene / Paul Devens a/o

Sat 2 Nov

2-3 & 4-5 PM

Wed 6 & Thur 7 Nov

7-8 PM

Fri 8 & Sat 9 Nov

5-6 PM

Werkwarenhuis

€ 5 / € 2.50

installations /

music & visuals /

electronics

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SOLSTICESGEORG FRIEDRICH HAASThe Riot Ensemble

Sat 2 Nov Willem Twee

Toonzaal

4-5.15 PM

€ 18 / € 9

composed

Georg Friedrich Haas is regarded as one of today’s most important composers and he is put in the spotlight at this year’s festival. Focal point is his recent chamber music work, Solstices, written for the Riot Ensemble Ensemble from London and (partially) commissioned by November Music. The Austrian composer’s pieces are rich in timbre and they are finding an ever larger audience. Scintillating music with just (harmonic) intonations and imposing arcs. The British conductor Simon Rattle was ahead of the game back in 2013 when he declared, loud and clear, that in vain by Haas was ‘one of the first true masterpieces of the 21st century’.

Haas composed his new chamber music piece, Solstices, for the 10 musicians of The Riot Ensemble. The musicians listen intently to each other as they create a fervent piece of music with a wealth of overtones, which slowly progresses toward an impressive climax. An unparalleled musical experience.

Please note, this concert takes place in complete darkness.

Stian Westerhus, from Norway, knows how to evoke an incomparable cinematic sound world, brimming with dark expression. Glowing melodies marry ominous feedback waves and rarefied vocal lines. The media widely embraced Westerhus’ debut album, Amputation. His music carries the listener’s soul to a higher place, concluded a reviewer in AllAboutJazz.

Stian Westerhus has worked with Motorpsycho, Nils Petter Molvær, Jaga Jazzist, and Sidsel Endresen in the past. He will also play with the South Netherlands Philharmonic on Friday, 1 November.

DANCING IN THE CURTAINSSTIAN WESTERHUS

Sat 2 NovBij Katrien

(v/h Bank van

Leening)

4-5 PM

€ 14 / € 7

rock / electronics /

soundscapes

CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI / LOT VEKEMANSMaarten Engeltjes / Marcel Beekman / PRJCT Amsterdam

Sat 2 Nov Theater aan de

Parade Grote Zaal

7.45-10 PM

€ 25 / € 12.50

composed /

choirs

The Greek-Dutch composer Calliope Tsoupaki puts the Virgin Mary (Maria) central stage in the brand-new Bosch Requiem. Liknon is a baroque ode to the mother of all mothers (the title means ‘cradle’). Tsoupaki is the incumbent Dutch Composer Laureate as well as November Music 2019’s current festival composer. Maria is part of the Byzantine tradition that Tsoupaki grew up with.

A requiem needs heavenly vocals. Tsoupaki found inspiration for Liknon in the expressive and lyrical timbres of countertenor Maarten Engeltjes and tenor Marcel Beekman. Their voices, highly rated internationally, are accompanied by the baroque ensemble PRJCT Amsterdam, led by conductor Manoj Kamps.

Bosch Requiem is embedded in a full evening’s programme, directed by MATZER Theaterproducties. Prior to the world premiere of the new requiem, the author Lot Vekemans will read a text she has written specifically for this occasion, inspired by the music and the themes. The night starts at De Parade with a ritual involving various choirs from’s-Hertogenbosch as well as students from AMPA,Tilburg

BOSCH REQUIEM 2019 – LIKNON

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Sun 3 Nov Various locations

11.30 AM-6 PM

c 22 / c 11

all genres

A varied menu that includes Remy van Kesteren’s exciting harp rhythms, Eric Vloeimans’ and Markus Stockhausen’s lyrical trumpet sounds, composer Michel van der Aa’s gripping songs, Maya Youssef’s Arabic qanûn melodies, free jazz improvisations by saxophone legend Evan Parker, virtuoso recorder escapades by Erik Bosgraaf, and spectacular percussion by Tatiana Koleva & the Youth Percussion Pool. Not for the first time, musical diversity is rife at November Music’s annual ArtmusicRoute.

A ticket (to be exchanged for a wristband on the day) gives access to all concerts, which last no longer than half an hour in many cases. Plus, you can compose your own programme. The concerts take place in very diverse locations, including churches, museums, and theatres. Most concerts are repeated to make it easier to choose.

Practical information and concert details can be found on page 71 and further. Pages 12 & 13 contain the full schedule of the ArtmusicRoute

LOFLIED DER VERZOENINGKRIS OELBRANDTCapella Brabant / Dudok Kwartet / Katrien Baerts / Elsbeth Gerritsen a/o

ARTMUSICROUTE 2019

Kris Oelbrandt has a unique position in the contemporary music scene of the Low Countries. A Trappist monk, he is also active as a composer. Oelbrandt was born in Belgium and is very driven. His double calling permeates his life and music. Echoes of composers such as Arvo Pärt and Olivier Messiaen can be heard in his work. At the same time, he very much walks his own spiritual path.Whereas Oelbrandt’s compositions have rarely been heard outside the monastic walls, this is slowly starting to change. Capella Brabant, led by Marc Versteeg, performs a major new piece, Loflied der Verzoening (Ode to Reconciliation), that Oelbrandt created for November Music 2019. The work consists of a monumental arrangement of three corresponding ‘cantiches’ from three world religions. Hannah’s Song of Thanksgiving (Jewish), Mary’s Song of Thanksgiving (Catholic), and Sura 87 (Islam). New spiritual music that intends to encourage the global religions to reach out to each other. Special guests include the soprano Katrien Baerts, mezzosoprano Elsbeth Gerritsen, and the Dudok string quartet.

Sun 3 Nov Grote Kerk

7-8 PM

€ 18 / € 9

composed / choirs

6.45 PM introduction

Martin Hoondert

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A beautiful marriage between jazz, baroque, Arabic music, and many other influences. An earlier encounter between ensemble Holland Baroque and the Polish (jazz) pianist Leszek Mozdzer made a big impression. Earth Particles (2017) culminated in a perfect merger of vivacious baroque parts and Mozdzer’s virtuoso improvisations on the piano. The concerts as well as the CD, garlanded with gold, are very moreish.

Now there is a sequel. Mozdzer will not come alone this time. This premiere concert is performed by the Mozdzer Danielsson Fresco Trio with the Swedish bass player Lars Danielsson – who collaborated with musicians such as Trilok Gurtu, Tigran Hamasyan, and Paolo Fresu – and the Israeli percussionist Zohar Fresco, a master of Middle-Eastern music. The versatile Holland Baroque ensemble earlier teamed up with a variegated range of guests including Eric Vloeimans, Wu Wei, and Nico Muhly. It has been a featured guest at previous editions of November Music.

MOZDZER DANIELSSON FRESCO TRIO & HOLLAND BAROQUE

Sun 3 Nov Verkadefabriek

Grote Zaal

8.45-10 PM

€ 18 / € 9

jazz / world /

composed

MUSIC HUB NIGHTSanne Rambags / Eva van Pelt / Rianne Wilbers / Albert van Abbe / Julian Edwardes / Orkun Agir / Mathijs Leeuwis

Mon 4 Nov Verkadefabriek

(various rooms)

7-10 PM

€ 14 / € 7

rock / jazz / world /

composed /

electronics /

installation

Talent needs to be cherished and facilitated. And it makes sense to promote tomorrow’s music makers, today.Music Hub Brabant puts these young musicians and composers in the spotlight and also sees to it that the development of musical talent is taken seriously across Brabant’s cultural sector. The Music Hub, which invests in musical talent, came about when two existing talent development initiatives merged: Proud of the South was focused on rock music while New Arrivals catered to jazz and contemporary music.

Music Hub Brabant will happily introduce itself and provide a taste of music’s promising future at November Music 2019. A wide range of young music makers from Brabant will perform during the night including vocalists Sanne Rambags, Eva van Pelt, and Rianne Wilbers, DJ Albert van Abbe, synthesizer specialist Julian Edwardes, baglama player Orkun Agir, and pedal steel guitarist Mathijs Lcenturyis.

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‘Arno Schuitemaker surpasses himself with the subtle The Way You Sound Tonight’, wrote Cultuurpers. The audience can dive headlong into a futuristic dance offering. The performance was created by choreographer/theatre maker Arno Schuitemaker and composer Aart Strootman. It turned out to be one of the highlights of Holland Festival 2018.Arno Schuitemaker is one of the most remarkable young theatre makers on the scene today. Magazines such as Tanz and Dance Europe are already referring to him as ‘the most influential contemporary choreographer of the Netherlands’. Five performers take their audience on a rollercoaster ride in The Way You Sound Tonight. Reality takes the form of a hallucinatory repeating loop. It is no accident that The Way You Sound Tonight was nominated by the VSCD Dansjury for the Zwaan (the Dutch Dance ‘Oscar’) as the most impressive dance production of the year.Composer/guitarist Aart Strootman has created an imposing and minimalist electronic score for this performance, which he plays live. ‘Composer Aart Strootman’s music is unrivalled,’ wrote the daily Brabants Dagblad.

THE WAY YOU SOUND TONIGHTArno Schuitemaker / Aart Strootman

Mon 4 Nov Verkadefabriek

Grote Zaal

8-9 & 9-10 PM

€ 18 / € 9

music & dance

ANNA KORSUN / GILIUS VAN BERGEIJKEnsemble Modelo62 a/o

Tues 5 NovGrote Kerk & Willem

Twee Toonzaal

7-10 PM

€ 16 / € 8

composed / music

theatre

Originality and determination are important traits for a composer. Stichting Trillende Lucht (Oscillating Air Foundation) from Amsterdam has created a biennial prize, the Open Ear Award, for composers who rig up their very own sound world. An incentive prize for experienced as well as incipient composers who are prepared to take risks.

This year, composer Anna Korsun received the Award. She won the Gaudeamus Prize in 2014. ‘Anna Korsun’s oeuvre proves that she operates as a sensitive and self-governing artist. She seems virtually untouched by the pace at which society is changing,’ stated the jury report.Gilius van Bergeijk was the first composer to win the Open Ear in 2017 and Ensemble Modelo62 plays four of his compositions. Come and listen to two composers who bypass the well-worn conventions and create music with a great appetite for theatre as well as sound experiments.

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Hearing is believing; but you need eyes as well as ears to experience the full range of what the Swiss voice artist Andreas Schaerer gets up to using his vocal cords. As a voice percussionist, he is feted around the world and has lifted to new heights beatboxing, singing, and sound imitations. The jazz world has been on to Schaerer’s far from negligible talent for quite some time. He has worked with talents such as Bobby McFerrin, Soweto Kinch, Michael Wollny, and Vincent Peirani.

Jazz quartet Estafest’s churning energy on stage is just right for Schaerer. Violinist Oene van Geel, pianist Jeroen van Vliet, guitarist Anton Goudsmit, and saxophonist Mete Erker are well able to hold their ground. With Andreas Schaerer they cocreate a unique and unforgettable rendezvous. Humour, playfulness, inventiveness, and virtuosity alternate as different musical genres merge and mesh.

ESTAFEST & ANDREAS SCHAERER

Tues 5 NovVerkadefabriek

Clubzaal

8.30-9.45 PM

c 16 / c 8

jazz / rock

SOLASLEINEROEBANA

Tues 5 Nov Verkadefabriek

Grote Zaal

8.30-9.45 PM

€ 20 / € 10

music & dance

Folk songs and favourite crooners have offered ultimate solace for centuries. Such moments of relief reach boiling point in the latest performance of the much-lauded Dutch dance company, LeineRoebana. Its seven dancers throw themselves into an elegant pas de deux with guitarist Wiek Hijmans, lutenist David Mackor, and vocalists Talitha van der Spek and Elisabeth Hetherington. English Renaissance composer John Dowland’s poignant music is central to the proceedings. His classical tearjerkers, such as Flow my tears, accelerate heartbeats. Solas offers unruly beauty, with frayed edges which touches eyes and ears.

LeineRoebana invites the audience to meet dancers, musicians, and choreographers during a preliminary introduction on stage. The doors open and the audience may enter half an hour before the performance starts; a much-loved tradition by now.

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Trio Catch from Hamburg has grown into a prominent contemporary chamber music ensemble at record pace. Joyous playing and a sense of adventure characterize the trio, which named itself after the piece Catch by the British composer Thomas Adès. A love of contemporary music has brought clarinettist Boglárka Pecze, cellist Eva Boesch, and pianist Sun-Young Nam together. The trio collaborates closely with composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Georg Friedrich Haas, and Georges Aperghis. It also participates in the Ensemble Modern Academy.

Trio Catch presents an all-female programme at November Music with work by the German composer Isabel Mundry, a recent composition by Barblina Meierhans from Switzerland, and a commissioned work by upcoming talent Bianca Bongers.

TRIO CATCHIsabel Mundry / Barblina Meierhans / Bianca Bongers

Wed 6 Nov Willem Twee

Toonzaal

7-8 PM

€ 18 / € 9

composed

VALSCHWEIGMAN& / CALEFAXBoukje Schweigman / Yannis Kyriakides

Wed 6 Nov Theater aan de

Parade Grote Zaal

8.30-9.45 PM

c 25 / c 12.50

music /

performance

Val means to fall, surrender. Falling is avoided as much as possible in a controlling society such as the one we live in. Yet, falling can also open a door to a new reality. It is no accident that the ground-breaking theatre group Schweigman& seeks to carve out a new dimension of visual theatre with Val. Mime players portray the unpredictable beauty of falling. The performance subtly plays with the laws of gravity as well as with hidden fears. The players of the reed quintet Calefax join the group and perform a brand-new work by composer Yannis Kyriakides.

Time and again, the multidisciplinary magician Boukje Schweigman has caused a sensation at Theaterfestival Boulevard. She presented the fascinating performance Huid three years ago at November Music, with Slagwerk Den Haag.

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To explore the human voice in all its exquisiteness, gracefulness, and fragility. Vocal ensemble Silbersee is unparalleled in this respect. Their overall cycle, Stimmung, presents the most precious pearls in the realm of vocal acrobatics.Stimmung II takes the audience on a mystical journey through time. The Italian master Luigi Nono’s classical work Das atmende Klarsein has pride of place on the night. It is an extensive and mind-bending composition that is rarely played live. ‘An uncommonly pure Nono performance,’ was Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad enthusiastic headline.

Silbersee invited two of today’s active composers to write new madrigals in response to Nono’s spiritual sound world.Dutch composer Arnold Marinissen sings the praises of nature and the passing of time. Giuliano Bracci’s composition reflects on the state of humanity in the context of the infinite universe.

STIMMUNG IISILBERSEELuigi Nono / Arnold Marinissen / Giuliano Bracci

Wed 6 Nov Verkadefabriek

Grote Zaal

8.30-10.30 PM

€ 20 / € 10

composed / music

theatre

YUKO KAKUTA & YUKIKO SUGAWARA Helmut Lachenmann / Mark Andre

Thur 7 Nov Willem Twee

Toonzaal

2.30-1.45 PM

€ 16 / € 8

composed

2 PM interview

Helmut Lachenmann

and Mark Andre

German composer Helmut Lachenmann was the central guest at November Music 2015. His wife, the pianist Yukiko Sugawara, had a star part. She returns to ‘s Hertogenbosch this year to play a special piece written by her husband.

Together with the soprano Yuko Kakuta, she performs Lachenmann’s only work for voice and piano: Got Lost. The composer interlinks texts by Friedrich Nietzsche, Fernando Pessoa, and others. In addition, the duo performs work by the composer Mark Andre who wrote a completely new piece, Job. 3.8, for Kakuta and Sugawara. His piano work iv 1 is also part of the programme.Andre, just like his teacher Lachenmann, turns into gold the most unexpected musical moments. Extremely virtuoso and vital music, which has listeners and players on the edges of their seats. Helmut Lachenmann, 83 years young, will travel to the festival for this concert.

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The city carillonist of ’s-Hertogenbosch, Joost van Balkom, is a remarkable innovator. During November Music he plays a selection of carillon works that were created by the Dutch composer Daan Manneke, who wrote a large number of pieces for this extraordinary instrument. Featured on the programme are Harbalorifa, Concert voor 47 klokken and (..) een heldere inzet, een dagbegin.

The organ is key to Dutch composer Daan Manneke’s oeuvre. He wrote over 25 organ works in various combinations. The overwhelming spatial sound has inspired Manneke for decades. Véronique van den Engh, the regular organist of the famous instrument in Sint-Janskathedraal, plays several of Manneke’s characteristic organ pieces, including Voorspel op de naam BACH (Prelude to the name BACH).

JOOST VAN BALKOMDaan Manneke

VERONIQUE VAN DEN ENGH Daan Manneke / Calliope Tsoupaki / Maurice Pirenne

Thur 7 Nov St John’s Cathedral

5-5.15 &

6-6.15 PM

free

composed

Thur 7 Nov St John’s Cathedral

4-4.30 PM

free

composed

November Music has commissioned the musicologist Joep Christenhusz to portray festival composer Calliope Tsoupaki in a monograph. The bilingual publication (English/Dutch) will be presented during the festival. Earlier parts in the series are also available. Read them on the website and/or download the PDFs. www.novembermusic.net/componistenportretten

COMPOSER PORTRAITS

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GROTE ARCHIPELDAAN MANNEKERalph van Raat

Thur 7 Nov Willem Twee

Toonzaal

7-8 PM

€ 16 / € 8

composed

Daan Manneke, one of the Nestors of contemporary music in the Netherlands, turns 80 today. The composer has built a rich and exceedingly varied body of work down the years.Of course, November Music will not let this festive moment pass unnoticed. Pianist Ralph van Raat performs the entire piano cycle Grote Archipel (Large Archipelago); an impressive piano monument, which Manneke wrote in 2018. In it, he packed all his love and passion for the art of composing.

Manneke reflects on his oeuvre in the six-movement piano piece – from his earliest work to more recent creations. Grote Archipel was written for a peloton of pianists – including Kelvin Grout, Daniel Kramer, Hannes Minnaar, and Ralph van Raat – who premiered the piece last year in a relay concert. Ralph van Raat plays the masterpiece by himself at November Music 2019.

A musical fantasy world that brings together the old and the new. Guitarist and composer Florian Magnus Maier and his colleague Izhar Elias let their guitars dance in the wondrous world created by the legendary artist duo Paul and Menno de Nooijer, with dancer Kenzo Kusuda. Modern music theatre as few will have seen it – with early baroque sounds, screeching guitars, absurdist projections, and mysterious dance.

An ingenious performance, with a central role for Izhar Elias’ baroque guitar and Florian Magnus Maier’s electric guitar. Dancer Kenzo Kusuda tries to connect these two extremes through his seductive movement theatre. A magic pillow and the alienating images created by Paul and Menno de Nooijer quicken the imagination in a big way. Florian Magnus Maier has composed new work for the performance.

MOVING GUITARS FLORIAN MAGNUS MAIER / PAUL EN MENNO DE NOOIJERIzhar Elias / Kenzo Kusuda

Thur 7 Nov Verkadefabriek

Kleine Zaal

7-8 PM

€ 16 / € 8

composed / rock /

music & visuals /

dance

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TaxiWars / Anna Meredith / DJ Gabriel Prokofiev & New European Ensemble / BeraadGeslagen / Perforator

Thur 7 Nov Wilem Twee

Popzaal &

Verkadefabriek

8 PM until midnight

€ 24 / € 12


groove

Moodz presents bands that straddle rock music’s boundaries. No predictable verses and choruses. Instead, expect adventurous sounds and unexpected frayed edges as well as compelling melodies, exciting grooves, and energetic beats.

ANNA MEREDITH Composers are no longer afraid of the cross-fertilization between rock, dance, minimal, and classical.Anna Meredith is a shining example. Pitchfork described her as ‘one of the most innovative minds in British modern music’. Her music is an exhilarating mix of elements from minimal music, rock, film music, and dance. ‘As if you throw Steve Reich into a blender with Björk and PJ Harvey,’ according to VPRO’s 3voor12.

DJ GABRIEL PROKOFIEV & NEW EUROPEAN ENSEMBLEYes, he is the grandson of the famous Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. And yes, he loves classical music. That is to say, as long as it goes hand in glove with dance, hip hop beats, and electronica. DJ Gabriel Prokofiev creates zany live mixes from behind the turntables. At November Music, he will do so together with the musicians of New European Ensemble.

BERAADGESLAGENBeraadGeslagen is a duo that consists of drummer Lander Gyselinck (STUFF.) and keyboardist/singer Fulco Ottervanger (De Beren Gieren). A musical think tank with drums, keyboards, texts, and hooters. They have been playing together for 10 years in mostly invisible venues but they are now intermittently exposing themselves to the world with disco classics that never even reached the market: groovy and unpredictable.

PERFORATOROboist Marlies van Gangelen and electronica wizardAkim Moiseenkov combine electronica, rock, minimal, and contemporary classical. Seeing the new absurdist programme Performania is like watching MC Escher at work. Intuitively, it makes sense and yet everything is skewed.

Please visit our website to view the complete programme

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HET ARSENAAL DER ONGELEEFDE DINGENMAYKE NAS / TEUN HOCKSNieuw Amsterdams Peil

Thur 7 Nov Verkadefabriek

Grote Zaal

8.30-9.30 PM

€ 18 / € 9

composed / music

& visuals

Composer Mayke Nas and visual artist Teun Hocks join forces in a new music theatre work.With ensemble Nieuw Amsterdams Peil as musical travel companions, a fantastic evening full of surprises is guaranteed. In their tragicomic music theatre piece Het Arsenaal der Ongeleefde Dingen (The Arsenal of Things that Never Were), Nas and Hocks explore the lives that we do not experience as we make other choices.

It is the first time that Mayke Nas, a former Composer Laureate, has created such a large-scale music theatre work. November Music asked her to take up this challenge. The festival has presented work by the highly original composer, who manages to surprise the audience time and again with her unique approach, since 2000. Accessible music that does not shy away from humour and absurdity.

Fantasy and light-hearted humour meet in miraculous ways in the oeuvre of Dutch artist Teun Hocks. His art stirs the imagination and puts a comforting smile on people’s faces.

Daan Manneke is one of the Nestors of Dutch contemporary music in the Netherlands. The composer has produced a rich and extremely versatile oeuvre down the years. Naturally, November Music pays due attention to this festive moment. And with all eyes on Daan Manneke, a concert by the Cappella Breda choir, which he founded in 1976, should be part of the proceedings.

Cappella Breda, led by Elisabeth Blom, presents a varied concert programme for choir as well as solo works for harp and accordion. Daan Manneke, who turns 80 on 7 November 2019, aka today, has decided to celebrate his birthday in ’s-Hertogenbosch. Today, he is our guest of honour.

His characteristic choir works Psalm 122 and the Psalmenrequiem will be played during this concert. The requiem, with a harp accompaniment, shows Manneke’s deep love for the psalm repertoire. In addition, Cappella Breda sings choir works by Sweelinck and Messiaen who continue to be inexhaustible sources of inspiration for Manneke.

CAPPELLA BREDA / ASTRID HARING / VINCENT VAN AMSTERDAM Daan Manneke / Olivier Messiaen / Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Thur 7 Nov Grote Kerk

8.45-10 PM

€ 16 / € 8

composed / choirs

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NEW MUSIC CONFERENCE 2019Buma / November Music

Fri 8 Nov Verkadefabriek

(various rooms)

10 AM-6 PM

c 30 (until 1 Nov) /

c 50 (after 1 Nov)

Tickets for the New

Music Conference

are sold on a

different website

see p. 45

Are you working professionally in the music field and do you feel completely at home with November Music’s programming? Then the New Music Conference on Friday 8 November 2019 in Verkadefabriek may be just your ticket. The initiative was taken by Buma in collaboration with November Music. A day of inspiring presentations, pitches, workshops, and panel discussions on topics that matter to composers, performers, programmers, publishers, record labels, managers, and booking agents.

Share your knowledge and experiences and extend your (international) network during well-facilitated matchmaking sessions or simply in the corridors. Attending the conference does not mean you have to sit still and listen all the time. Ambling around and engaging is at least equally important!

Tim Rutherford-Johnson opens the New Music Conference. The English writer, speaker, and teacher made a big impression with his first book, Music after the Fall: Modern Composition and Culture since 1989, published in 2017. As a connoisseur of 20th and 21st century music, he will zoom in on the latest international developments regarding composition and performance in his keynote speech. Numerous topical themes that are relevant to a career in new music will be discussed in the course of the day.November Music has an ample track record as a festival that is valuable to global music business professionals working in different genres and disciplines.A collaboration with Buma (Dutch collecting society) on building bridges between the creative and the business side was a logical next step.

Would you like to take part in the New Music Conference?Register online via www.newmusicconference.nl

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NEGENDE STRIJKKWARTETGEORG FRIEDRICH HAASQuertetto Maurice

Fri 8 Nov Willem Twee

Toonzaal

12.30-1.15 PM

€ 16 / € 8

composed

The string quartets of the Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas offer unforgettable physical experiences. Several of his quartets – such as the Third and the Ninth – are played in complete darkness. Never-before-heard sounds in a just intonation will spin inside your head as the sensory music starts to possess you. The musicians reach for magical notes in the darkness; the audience is fully immersed.

Haas finished his String Quartet No. 9 in 2016. It exemplifies his composition style in a masterly manner. Unusual or even unheard of tunings, scintillating tension arcs, and a huge sense of musical drama. Haas wrote the work for the American Jack Quartet. The Italian Quartetto Maurice will play this magnum opus for the first time at November Music.

Please note! This concert takes place in complete darkness.

From firewalls to check-in gates; nobody can escape ‘the wall’. Historically, walls are often bad news. The Dutch composer, instrument builder and guitarist Aart Strootman has made it his mission to break down as many walls as possible; between musical genres as well as artistic disciplines.

For his newly commissioned work W.A.L.L., Strootman– the winner of the Gaudeamus Award 2017 and the Matthijs Vermeulen Award 2019 – invented and built a new set of instruments. Using microtonal tubular bells, guitars, and glass marimbas he created spectacular walls of sound. The instruments can be played live and/or images can be projected on them.

Strootman’s commissioned piece is performed by TEMKO, of which he is a member. The trio shifts freely back and forth between composed music, minimal or ambient music, progrock, and improvisations. Specifically for this concert, the ensemble has been augmented with some musicians of Slagwerk Den Haag and the guitarists Wiek Hijmans and Pete Harden.

W.A.L.L.AART STROOTMANTEMKO / Slagwerk Den Haag

Fri 8 Nov Theater aan de

Parade Pleinzaal

7-8 PM

c 18 / c 9

composed

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METROPOLE ORKEST & COLIN BENDERSMETROPOLE ORKEST & IBEYI

Fri 8 NovTheater aan de

Parade Grote Zaal

8.30-11 PM

€ 32 / € 16

rock / jazz /

electronics

The Metropole Orchestra has been a regular guest at November Music over the past years. At this edition of the festival, the orchestra plays an exclusive double concert with special guests Colin Benders and Ibeyi.

Earlier, Colin Benders caused quite a stir with his Kyteman Orchestra. These days, the multitalented musician is very focused on the wondrous world of analogue synthesizers. His impressive synthesizer set-up and live performances are explosive. He presents an energetic concert, brimming with compelling rhythms that also includes dreamy sounds.

After the intermission, the Metropole Orchestra shows itself from a very different side. The French-Cuban twin sisters and singers Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz perform as Ibeyi. An enchanting duo; Beyoncé is a fan. Ibeyi’s music is a sensuous mix of R&B, soul, fusion jazz, and innovative electronica with dazzling vocals in English and deep Nigerian Yoruba influences.

Zappa, Reich, or Ligeti … No composer can, or should ignore Ensemble Modern. The German collective is among the cream of the crop of contemporary music ensembles while composer Iris ter Schiphorst’s new piece is eagerly anticipated. With a background in rock and electronic music, Ter Schiphorst excels at works that make a high dramatic impact. She connected the top soprano Sarah Maria Sun with the ensemble, led by Enno Poppe, for tonight’s premiere.

The evening would be incomplete without an unforgettable classic from the contemporary repertoire. Therefore, Ensemble Modern presents György Ligeti’s Piano Concerto.Virtuoso piano art with a passionate heart. Pianist Ueli Wiget plays the meaty solo part. In addition, Poppe leads the ensemble through the energetic sound splendour of his own piece Scherben and acquaints us with a new work by young Turkish composer, Zeynep Gedizlioglu.

ENSEMBLE MODERN / SARAH MARIA SUN / UELI WIGET Iris ter Schiphorst / Enno Poppe / Zeynep Gedizlioglu / György Ligeti

Fri 8 Nov Verkadefabriek

Grote Zaal

8.45-10 PM

€ 22 / € 11

composed

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THE ITALIAN CONNECTIONQUARTETTO MAURICEGiuliano Bracci / Zeno Baldi / Giacinto Scelsi / Fausto Romitelli


Toonzaal

12.30-1.45 PM

€ 16 / € 8

composed /

electronics

The Italian string quartet, Quartetto Maurice, presents a special programme which comprises compositions of their compatriots. For instance, the Tutto chiudi negli occhi quartet of promising composer Giuliano Bracci. Zeno Baldi’s Ruggine, a new work for quartet and electronica, specifically written for the Quartetto Maurice, also features on the programme. On top of this, the Italian ensemble plays one of the classical quartets composed by the Italian maestro Giacinto Scelsi, who managed to squeeze gracious beauty from a handful of notes. Finally, there are the icily magnificent electronic string sounds of Natura Morta Con Fiamme (1991), composed by Fausto Romitelli, who died far too soon.

In the course of 12 songs, the darkly comical This is (not) a Fairy Tale introduces Stella, a young woman who frenetically tries to escape from her everyday reality by pretending she is a princess. Vocalist Merlijn Runia, pianist Anne-Maartje Lemereis, and violinist Eva Traa sing sinister themes in a humoristic manner in this commissioned piece. A theatrical song cycle with rebellious musicians, in collaboration with Kameroperahuis Zwolle.

Anne-Maartje Lemereis sees composing and performing as inextricably linked. She playfully invites her listeners to enter her vivacious sound world. The theatre and opera director Kenza Koutchoukali has worked for the Dutch National Opera, among others.

THIS IS (NOT) A FAIRY TALEANNE-MAARTJE LEMEREIS / KENZA KOUTCHOUKALI

Sat 9 Nov Theater Artemis

Benedenzaal

2-3 PM

€ 14 / € 7

composed / music

theatre

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NIEUWE NOTENJAMES OESI / VINCENT VAN AMSTERDAMChristiaan Richter / Merijn Bisschops / Aya Yoshida / Boris Bezemer / A. Crespo Barba / Thomas Power

Sat 9 Nov Babel Hofzaal

2-3.15 PM

€ 14 / € 7

composed

For this double programme, the accordionist Vincent van Amsterdam asked two Dutch composers to write a solo work for accordion. Christiaan Richter is a rising star whose work was recently played by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Now he has composed an accordion solo, Afbuigingsjuk. His influences include the musical intensity of saxophonist John Coltrane, the radical purity of electronic music, and Bach. Merijn Bisschops’ composition Far-field features subtle microtonal effects and unusual accordion registers, loosely inspired by an abstract photograph of rows of trees in the mist.

In collaboration with Grachtenfestival and Gaudeamus Muziekweek, November Music challenged composers between 10 and 35 years to write a new solo work for contrabassist James Oesi, who plays the four prize-winning compositions this afternoon.

Mozart is unrivalled when it comes to conjuring up unadulterated dream worlds in his operas. One of his best-loved works is the opera De Toverfluit (The Magic Flute). Prince Tamino uses a magic flute to rescue his beloved Pamina, who has been kidnapped. Silbersee and De Toneelmakerij’s family performance De Toverfluit has a slightly unusual ending. It morphs into a marvellous space fairy-tale that includes a cosmic all-star fight between the Sun and the Night.

Astronaut Tamino and his buddy, star-catcher Papageno, cross the galaxy in search of the splendid Pamina. Composer Genevieve Murphy shines a new light on Mozart’s timeless opera. A wild spectacle with room for beatboxers, opera singers, performers, and a female bagpipe player.

DE TOVERFLUIT (7+)De Toneelmakerij / Silbersee / Genevieve Murphy


Parade Grote Zaal

3.30-4.45 PM

€ 13 / € 6.50

music theatre /

family performance

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A MANUAL TOWARDS THE TRUTHBRANDAN FAEGRE / ROBIN COOPS / JONATHAN BONNY

Sat 9 Nov Verkadefabriek

Kleine Zaal

4-4.45 PM

€ 14 / € 7

composed /

performance /

electronics

Social media are supposed to connect and inspire people around the world. The question is, are they not doing precisely the opposite by isolating us in small echo chambers, where our own ideas are reflected back at us?

A Manual Towards The Truth was created by composer/percussionist Brendan Faegre, percussionist Jonathan Bonny, and director/ singer Robin Coops. An audiovisual trip that relates how our curiosity is being censored. Music, theatre, choreography, light, and scenery converge in a powerful and ritualistic experience. The production is part musical performance and part audiovisual installation.

Dutch composer and performer Evelien van den Broek’s pieces have regularly been presented at November Music. Her latest work, Biophonica, is a response to the ongoing mass extinction due to human interference. Animals die on a huge scale and we are so alienated from nature that these developments appear to pass us by. Electronic beats, natural sounds, and silence merge into each other with the help of eco-soundscapes, trumpet, and analogue synthesizers.The music celebrates the strangeness, wondrousness, and diversity of nature and simultaneously mourns the roughness and aggression of its demise. As well as electronics and trumpet, the nature recordings of the American musician and soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause play a prominent part. Van den Broek looks for answers in Biophonica, supported by trumpet player Mark Nieuwenhuis.

BIOPHONICAEVELIEN VAN DEN BROEK

Sat 9 Nov Babel Pleitzaal

4-4.45 PM

€ 14 / € 7

composed /

electronics / rock

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THE BODY IMITATES THE LANDSCAPECLAUDIO F. BARONI / ADI HOLLANDER MAZE


Kunstruimte

4-5 & 7-8 PM

€ 14 / € 7

composed /

electronics /

installation

Visitors to the Willem Twee Kunstruimte can immerse themselves in the pleasure of pure sound vibrations. Composer Claudio F. Baroni and artist Adi Hollander have installed an electronic sound garden, based on a Japanese design with waterbeds and benches. These are very special beds and benches, for the relaxing locations contain built-in speakers that translate music into sound vibrations.As you take a rest, you will feel the vibrations throughout your body. Music that is not just heard but also felt.

Baroni wrote a composition for the adventurous ensemble MAZE that will be performed live as part of the installation. Softly whispering voices slowly melt into dreamlike harmonic spheres.

The Ives Ensemble honours the beauty of Dutch contemporary music with a Willem Boogman premiere and recent work by Richard Rijnvos, who found inspiration for Riflesso sullo spazio in Arnold Schoenberg’s Suite Op. 29. Whereas the nature of Schoenberg’s work is often hectic, Rijnvos mainly strives for quietude and contemplation. Willem Boogman engaged in collaboration with visual artist Alexandra Roozen, who produced a series of works that she turned into a film in which the sound of drawing is as important as the visual result. The film is shown first and then the premiere concert starts in which Boogman gives his musical view. ‘The gradually evolving compositions of Richard Rijnvos always create suspense... Riflesso sullo spazio offers a string of steadily undulating or shifting harmonic fields that are subtly different each time’ (****) de Volkskrant

IVES ENSEMBLERichard Rijnvos / Willem Boogman / Alexandra Roozen


Toonzaal

6.45-8.15 PM

€ 18 / € 9

composed

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TODOS LOS FUEGOS EL FUEGOMAXIM SHALYGINAmstel Quartet / Keuris Quartet


Clubzaal

6.45-8 PM

€ 18 / € 9

composed /

minimal

Mystical music with a high intensity and dramatic power. Composer Maxim Shalygin narrates a musical story with great dramatic tension in his new commissioned work, Todos los fuegos el fuego. The piece was written for eight saxophonists from top ensembles Amstel Quartet and Keuris Quartet. Shalygin’s source of inspiration was the eponymous novel of the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar. Magic-realistic stories that seem within reach one moment and far outside our conceivable world the next.

‘...An idiom in which wildly heterogeneous style elements enter into a strange symbiosis. Endlessly rising clusters, pulsating tone carpets with a minimalist bend, poetic-melodic intermezzos, and a quasi-orthodox hymn that grinds to a halt amid demisemitone wailing. Supported by the fantastic players of the Keuris and Amstel Quartets, Shalygin kneaded the whole shebang into a perfectly logical and self-willed discourse.’ NRC Handelsblad

Composers can find inspiration everywhere and in anything in their search for aural beauty and surprising timbres. For instance, exotic instruments and non-western tunings as well as self-built musical instruments. Asko|Schoenberg, led by conductor Bas Wiegers, presents a brilliant evening of concerts overflowing with unexpected sounds and colours. Contemporary music with more than a dash of eastern mystery.The Dutch composer Wilbert Bulsink was lauded for his 2018 enchanting harp concert Spelingen, for Miriam Overlach. The ensemble also plays The Lost Garden by the Chinese-American Huang Ruo, a former composer in residence at Concertgebouw Amsterdam, in addition to Unsuk Chin’s Fantaisie Mécanique.

Ondrej Adámek made big waves with instruments he made himself. His latest composition, Lost Prayer Book, is a solo concert for Chinese mouth organ aka sheng. None other than the sheng virtuoso Wu Wei will show what the instrument is capable of. This spectacular work was partially commissioned by November Music.

ASKO|SCHÖNBERG / WU WEI / MIRIAM OVERLACHWilbert Bulsink / Huang Ro / Ondrej Adámek / Unsuk Chin


Parade Pleinzaal

8.45-10 PM

€ 20 / € 10

composed

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Grote Zaal

7-11.30 PM

€ 32 / € 16

jazz / world /

composed

From cutting-edge improvisations to Arabic sounds and cinematic, impressionistic jazz explorations. This year, too, Colours of Improvisation offers a spectacular colour fan of musical expressions at the intersection of jazz, improvisation, and world music.

FREE DESMYTER & BASSEM HAWARTakenouchi DocumentsThe Belgian pianist Free Desmyter is fascinated by authentic Takenouchi documents from Japan; ancient writings that describe the history of humanity in a colourful and visionary way. These enigmatic documents offer Desmyter plenty of ingredients for an impressive piece of music. Classical music, oriental influences, and Arabic improvisations go hand in hand. Desmyter has assembled an 11-piece orchestra with leading roles for Bassem Hawar (djoze), Saad Mahmood Jawad (oud), and Khaled Alhafez (vocals).

AVISHAI COHEN QUARTETThe Israeli trumpeter Avishai Cohen has become one of the most important representatives of the global contemporary jazz scene thanks to his individual sound and wide open creative visor. The New York Times described him as ‘An extravagantly skilled trumpeter, relaxed and soulful... he deftly combined sensitivity and flair’. Cohen communicates with his quartet in an almost telepathic manner; the overall band sound is always his priority.

MARCIN WASILEWSKI TRIO & TINEKE POSTMAPianist Marcin Wasilewski’s trio has been regarded as the most important Polish jazz group for over a quarter century. It played with well-known trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stanko for many years. The band will share the stage with another wind instrumentalist, Tineke Postma, at November Music 2019. The Dutch saxophonist and Boy Edgar Prize winner’s elegant power sound is acclaimed internationally. She collaborated with top-class musicians such as Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis, and Dan Weiss on her latest album.

7-8 PM Free Desmyter & Bassem Hawar Project8.45-9.45 PM Avishai Cohen Quartet10.30-11.30 PM Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Tineke Postma

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BRABANT KOOR Alfred Momotenko / Sergej Rachmaninov

Sat 9 Nov Jheronimus Bosch

Art Center

8.45-9.45 PM

€ 18 / € 9

composed / choirs

Many choir lovers agree that Sergei Rachmaninov’s Vespers (1915) is among the most wondrous vocal music ever written. The Russian composer composed his masterpiece at a tumultuous time. The choir cycle runs directly counter to Schoenberg and Stravinsky’s musical revolutions. Rachmaninov based Vespers, which is still very popular, on the rich tradition of the Russian-Orthodox all-night vigil.

Brabant Choir under conductor Louis Buskens performs some movements of this breath-taking work alongside a contemporary choral work by composer Alfred Momotenko. NTR ZaterdagMatinee invited him to complete a companion piece for Rachmaninovs Vespers: Na Strastnoy (‘Holy Week’) in 2017.Momotenko’s point of departure was Boris Pasternak’s eponymous poem. De Volkskrant called Momotenko’s choral work ‘A worthy counterpart for Rachmaninov’s Vespers’.

Topical sound experiments and exciting musical performances. PLUG sees the team that organises the successful annual FAQ Festival in ’s-Hertogenbosch give an overview of today’s most relevant acts on the interface of electronica, rock, and experimental music. One of the groups is Dictaphone, from Berlin, with as central member the multi-instrumentalist Oliver Doerell. This year, for the first time, PLUG takes place in the vibrant surroundings of the WerkWarenHuis. Please visit our website to view the full programme

PLUGDictaphone / Tomaga / Graham Dunning

Sat 9 Nov Werkwarenhuis

9 AM-3 PM

€ 10 / € 5


installations

LOOP-COPY-MUTATE: BALL GAMESGENETIC CHOIR

Fri 8 Nov4-5 PM

Sat 9 Nov8.30-9.30 PM

Babel

free

choirs /

performance

Genetic Choir is no ordinary choir. The international ensemble champions contemporary music and instant composition. It often allocates a proactive role to the audience. The ensemble also likes to collaborate with specialists from other disciplines. For the project Loop-Copy-Mutate the group goes head to head with everyday urban sounds. It engages in totally unexpected compositions and improvisations alongside laptop specialist Robert van Heumen. The Genetic Choir has developed a new angle for November Music, from which to approach Loop-Copy-Mutate: sport sounds. In basketball city ’s-Hertogenbosch, the ensemble joins forces with basketball club Black Eagles.No sport rivals basketball when it comes to producing intense sounds. An ideal starting point for Loop-Copy-Mutate: Ball Games.

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STRING QUARTET NO. 2MORTON FELDMANRagazze Quartet

Sun 10 Nov Willem Twee

Toonzaal

12-5.30 PM

€ 18 / € 9

composed

Immerse yourself in the serene sound universe of one of the most illustrious string quartets of the 20th century: Morton Feldman’s String Quartet No. 2 (1983). The work lasts no less than five hours and it breaks all records, for players as well as listeners. Being able to sit still could be handy although the otherworldly music will sweep you along in any case. After surrendering to Feldman’s trancelike sound patterns, resistance is futile.

Feldman’s music is sometimes compared to the fine-mazed weave of oriental carpets (Feldman himself was a passionate collector). The performance of Feldman’s String Quartet No. 2 was one of the highlights of the last Minimal Music Festival in Amsterdam. The Ragazze Quartet creates extraordinary musical moments at every edition of November Music. This concert, too, promises to be a unique experience.

Quibus is a little dog that finds a red umbrella. It looks very ordinary. Until the wind lifts it up and Quibus has to come along for the ride! He is blown around the world and has fantastic adventures. He dances on the clouds, dives into the ocean, hangs between bats. And in the end, he just wants to be back in his own bed.

The lively music theatre performance De Paraplu (The Umbrella) by composer Nicoline Soeter and vocalist Klaartje van Veldhoven is based on the eponymous picture book created by Ingrid and Dieter Schubert. The little black dog is a classic hero to many. Fly along with Nicoline Soeter’s sonorous atmospheric music, Annechien Koerselman’s imaginative direction, and Floortje Schoevaart’s funny texts.

DE PARAPLU (4+)Nicoline Soeter / Klaartje van Veldhoven / Renée Bekkers a/o


Kleine Zaal

1-1.45 & 3-3.45 PM

€ 10 / € 5

music theatre /

children’s concert

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TIGRAN HAMASYANwith special guest Mathias Eick


Grote Zaal

1.30-2.45 PM

€ 22 / € 11

jazz / world

Jazz aficionados have already put this date in their diary: a meeting between the iconic musical gourmands Tigran Hamasyan and Mathias Eick. Tigran hails from Armenia and embodies his very own contemporary jazz category. “Tigran jazz” is an abundant fountain of refreshing musical ideas. No genre is safe. Like a gold digger, the pianist searches for gems in folk music, American jazz, progmetal, postrock. Everything he finds is formed together into a walloping and idiosyncratic amalgam.

During this special concert, Tigran will be accompanied by the Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick who combines space and silence with compelling melodies derived from folk and rock. His freewheeling jazz jaunts are much appreciated by big names such as Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, and the band Jaga Jazzist.

Yazz Ahmed is a prime example of a highly original musical voice in the flourishing British jazz scene. The British/Bahraini trumpeter mixes elements from Arabic music, electronica, and jazz into an intoxicating and sometimes even psychedelic whole.

Ahmed collaborated with a raft of musicians and groups, ranging from Radiohead and Nile Rodgers to Arturo O’Farrill. Her album La Saboteuse (2017) did not go unnoticed and was favourably reviewed. The Wire elected it as Jazz Album of the Year. Her new album Polyhymnia will be issued by Ropeadope Records in October. Ahmed plays with her regular quartet at November Music.

YAZZ AHMED


Clubzaal

3.30-5 PM

€ 16 / € 8

jazz / world

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COLLEGIUM VOCALE EINDHOVENGerard BeljonAD PARNASSUMCalliope Tsoupaki / Mathilde Wantenaar / Maurice van Loon

Sun 10 NovGrote Kerk &

Jheronimus Bosch

Art Center

4.15-4.45 &

5.30-6 PM

€ 18 / € 9

composed / choirs

A double concert in two marvellous locations. Collegium Vocale Eindhoven under Ruud Huijbregts sings the newly commissioned work Planctus Cygni by Gerard Beljon, with leading roles for the sopranos Rianne Wilbers and Sabra El Bahri Khatri as well as duduk player Raphaela Danksagmüller. It starts at 4.15 PM. Spiritual music in which past and present blend. The content links to the refugee crisis in Europe. Beljon likes to interweave sounds from East and West with the sacral intensity of early music.

The Ad Parnassum chamber choir under conductor Anthony Zielhorst performs Paraklitikon by festival composer Calliope Tsoupaki in the Jheronimus Bosch Art Center at 5.30 PM. For this piece, she combined two succinct Greek psalm texts with slowly shifting music in a subtly bifurcated voice web. Music as a vocal cloud. Pieces by two younger Dutch composers, Maurice van Loon and upcoming talent Mathilde Wantenaar, are bookending the Tsoupaki classic.

Composer Joël Bons’ sophisticated piece Nomaden, for the exotic Atlas Ensemble, was an instant classic. Bons has received the prestigious American Grawemeyer Award for this work since then. Propelled by his successful master’s piece, Bons subsequently composed Thirty Situations, an impassioned ode to the versatility and daring of Nieuw Ensemble under conductor Ed Spanjaard. Het Parool wrote, ‘A grandiose new piece that continues to engross for the entire hour.’ The subject matter is the contrast between fragmentation and continuity. We often experience life as disconnected and yet it is a constant flow. The work is a succession of fragmented elements presented as a large continuum – a mosaic of various ‘situations’ in alternating musical flows.

Financial problems are forcing Nieuw Ensemble to discontinue its activities, after 39 years, at the end of 2019. November Music is proud to stage one of the last concerts by this fantastic ensemble during the festival’s closing night.

THIRTY SITUATIONSJOËL BONSNieuw Ensemble


Grote Zaal

8.30-9.45 PM

€ 20 / € 10

composed

On foot or rather by bike? This is one of many dilemmas that you may face during November Music’s ‘traditional’ ArtmusicRoute. Beautiful locations in the city centre will open their doors to audiences wanting to attend concerts between 11.30 AM and 6 PM. A single ticket gives you the opportunity to choose from some 25 different concerts and performances. You can compose your own programme in this way. Most concerts are performed multiple times to make the choice easier. And whereas the concerts are arranged in routes, these are merely suggestions.

HOW DOES IT WORK?You can exchange your ArtmusicRoute ticket for a wristband at any concert location on the day. The wristband provides access to all concerts. There are limited places at each concert so make sure you arrive on time. Once the maximum number has been reached, no one will be allowed into the venue. Wristbands can also be bought on the door at various locations.See page 72 and further for more information on the ArtmusicRoute concerts. The schedule can be found on pages 12 & 13.

Sun 3 Nov Various locations

11.30 AM-6 PM

€ 22 / € 11

Kunst muziek Route

Sun 3 Nov

SOUND INSTALLATIONS

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The audience can take a break from the hustle and bustle of the festival in 4’33. The installation Auditorium For Distracted Intelligence by artists Richard Venlet and Ekaterina Kaplunova can be experienced in Mieke van Schaijk’s gallery (formerly Artuarium). The opening is on Saturday 2 November, at 12.30 PM, with a reading by artist Florette Dijkstra. Clarinettist Germaine Sijstermans performs in the chapel accompanied by her ensemble, and Bart van Dongen plays a vintage harmonium from 4 through 10 November between 3.30 and 4.30 PM. During his performances, Van Dongen enters into dialogue with other musicians as well as with Venlet and Kaplunova’s installation.

A shared love for analogue electronic music, organic soundscapes, and tape loops fuelled an intensive collaboration between Mathijn den Duijf and Mathijs Lcenturyis and saw them develop a fully analogue sound installation that is continuously subject to change. Tape loops, regular instruments, and external sounds are forged into new aural landscapes on the spot.

Composer Claudio F. Baroni and artist Adi Hollander have installed an electronic sound garden, based on a Japanese design, with waterbeds and benches. Very special beds and benches, for inside these relaxing locations are built-in speakers that translate music into sound vibrations.

A live concert will take place inside the installation on Saturday 9 November at 4 & 7 PM

4’33Germaine Sijstermans / Bart van Dongen / Richard Venlet / Ekaterina Kaplunova / Florette Dijkstra

RETURN TO ZEROMathijn den Duijf / Mathijs Leeuwis

THE BODY IMITATES THE LANDSCAPEClaudio F. Baroni / Adi Hollander

Sat 2 & Sun 3 Nov

12.30-5 PM

Mon 4 through

Sun 10 Nov

2-5 PM

Galerie Mieke

van Schaijk

Tues 5 &

Wed 6 Nov

7-8 PM

Verkadefabriek

Matzer

Free of entrance

Sat 2, Sun 3,

Sat 9 & Sun 10

11 AM-5 PM

Mon 4 through

Wed 6 Nov

9 AM-5.30 PM

Fri 1, Thur 7 & Fri 8

9 AM-7 PM

Willem Twee

Kunstruimte

12-12.45 PM &

2-2.45 PM

Verkadefabriek

Kleine Zaal

singer-songwriter

Iceland’s desolate landscapes are fascinating to singer-songwriter Helge Slikker. The myths and legends are a source of inspiration for his new theatrical concert Polar; he will present a preview at November Music 2019. He submerges himself in an imaginative world, together with producer/musician Dave Menkehorst as well as with the audience. Madeleine Matzer is his artistic adviser

The Dutch harpist Remy van Kesteren became an established name in classical music at record pace. And yet, he has radically changed course and given free rein to his appetite for rock. He worked with the celebrated British singer-songwriter and producer Fink on his latest album Shadows. The harpist says his influences include the atmospheric experiments by acts such as Bon Iver, James Blake, and Radiohead. Drummer Mischa Porte, hornist Morris Kliphuis, and keyboardist Jasper Slijderink join him on the stage.

Nieuw Amsterdams Peil’s programme features two works by composer Michel van der Aa, one of the most renowned and laurelled Dutch composers.Van der Aa found inspiration for the three-movement For the time being in the writings of the Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy. His intensely poetic cycle is performed by violinist Heleen Hulst, pianist Gerard Bouwhuis, soprano Bernadeta Astari, and contrabassist Dario Calderone. Bouwhuis also plays a leading role in the impressive performance Transit in which the pianist’s movements engage in mysterious interaction with the movements of a screen actor.

REMY. X BAND

FOR THE TIME BEING / TRANSIT MICHEL VAN DER AANieuw Amsterdams Peil

POLAR (PREVIEW)HELGE SLIKKER

4.15-5.30 PM

Willem Twee

Poppodium

rock /

minimal music /

electronics

1.30-2 PM &

2.30-3 PM

Babel Pleitzaal

composed / rock

SOUNDS & SONGS ROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

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11.30 AM-12 PM &

12.30-1 PM

Babel Hofzaal

composed

Matthijs Koene is regarded worldwide as one of today’s most prominent panpipe players. His vision and manner of playing have expanded the technical possibilities and expression of the instrument. Composers such as Guus Janssen, Theo Loevendie, and Martijn Padding wrote pieces for him. Koene plays a diverse concert at the ArtmusicRoute. The programme includes Reed Phase by Steve Reich and two of Calliope Tsoupaki’s recent works. Erik Bosgraaf is a special guest.

A trumpet meeting between top jazz musicians from the Netherlands and Germany. Markus Stockhausen is a musical boundary-straddler who deftly skims over the higher regions of jazz, contemporary composed music, and world music. Eric Vloeimans barely requires an introduction. Owing to his love for atmospheric experiments, he is an ideal sparring partner for Stockhausen. Apart from the duo works, Vloeimans plays a solo work that festival composer Calliope Tsoupaki wrote specifically for him. The encounter promises to be a true sound fest, considering the Grote Kerk’s generous acoustics.

Pianist Gerard Bouwhuis and violinist Heleen Hulst repriseTsoupaki’s successful piece Narcissus, commissioned by November Music in 2013. Six years later, the composer has arranged the chamber music work for violin and piano. Narcissus is a musical drama in the purest sense of the word, i.e. without text, libretto, or song but full of dramatic tension, albeit in a chamber music setting.

Concerts featuring recorder player Erik Bosgraaf are an intense experience. ‘Bosgraaf’s virtuosity and, above all, his indisputable understanding of every note are impressive,’ wrote Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad. Calliope Tsoupaki, the current Composer Laureate of the Netherlands, has written a brand-new piece for him as part of a series of solo works for various instruments that are being performed live at Podium Witteman this year. Bosgraaf will also enter into a brief improvisation duet with ney player Sinan Arat.

ERIC VLOEIMANS & MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN

NARCISSUS CALLIOPE TSOUPAKIHeleen Hulst & Gerard Bouwhuis

ERIK BOSGRAAFCalliope Tsoupaki

MATTHIJS KOENECalliope Tsoupaki / Steve Reich / Ron Ford / Bruno Culotti

1.30-2 PM,

2.30-3 PM &

3.30-4 PM

Grote Kerk

jazz / composed

4.30-5 PM

Babel Pleitzaal

composed

1.30-2 PM &

2.30-3 PM

Museum Slager

composed

CALLIOPE TSOUPAKIROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

CALLIOPE TSOUPAKIROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

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11.30 AM-12 PM &

12.30-1 PM

Museum Slager

world

The tenuous and mysterious sounds of the ney touch the heart. Turkish musician Sinan Arat, who lives in the Netherlands, is a master on this flute from the Middle East. His refined breathing technique enables him to capture the magic of the moment like no other as he seduces the audience with emotive sounds that break all barriers. Arat has worked successfully with the Netherlands Wind Ensemble and shone in the music theatre performance Casablanca by Matzer Theaterproducties in the spring.

Maya Youssef from Syria creates passionate magic on the qanûn, an elegant traditional table harp from the Middle East. She is a superb musician who is highly attuned to the times we live in as she subtly blends Arabic melodies with elements from flamenco and jazz. Traces of Turkish and Armenian folk music can also be found in her playing. Youssef is a real star in the UK; she performed at The Proms. ‘Amid the rich Middle Eastern textures are echoes of everything from baroque strings to Philip Glass,’ as The Financial Times wrote in praise of her music.

November Music gave carte blanch to pianist Sebastiaan van Bavel, who won a Jazz Edison with his trio five years ago. The music they play contains elements of western jazz, intermingled with classical Indian music. His engagement with the Indian improvisational arts has deepened as a result of this special project. Singer Chiranjib Chakraborty and tabla player Niti Ranjan Biswas are featured guests.

Composer Tony Overwater combines the eternal melodic glow of choir singing with the compelling solo playing of oud player Nawras Altaky and clarinettist Ghaeth Almaghoot in his choir work Motamedi. Overwater has expressed his passion for eastern music in numerous projects over many years. Chamber Choir JIP, together with both soloists, premiered Motamedi in 2018. Visitors are also treated to high-spirited improvisations by the Almaghoot and Altaky duo. Chamber Choir JIP will sing a second choir work.

MAYA YOUSSEF TRIO

SEBASTIAAN VAN BAVEL TRIOft. Chiranjib Chakraborty & Niti Ranjan Biswas

MOTAMEDITONY OVERWATERChamber Choir JIP / Ghaeth Almaghoot / Nawras Altaky

SINAN ARAT

3.30-4.45 PM

Verkadefabriek

Clubzaal

world / jazz /

composed

12.30-1.15 PM &

1.45-2.30 PM

Verkadefabriek

Clubzaal

jazz / world

1.30-2 PM &

3.30-4 PM

Noordbrabants

Museum Statenzaal

world / composed /

choirs

EAST & WEST ROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

EAST & WEST ROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

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1-1.30 PM,

3-3.30 PM &

5-5.30 PM

Jazzwerkplaats

jazz

2-2.30 PM,

3.30-4 PM &

5-5.30 PM

Verkadefabriek

Cabaretfirma

composed

Saxophonist Evan Parker is the icon of British improvised music. He turned 75 in the spring and still manages to astound everyone with his perfect technique and famous circular breathing. Parker has a fabulously impressive track record; he collaborated with Peter Brötzmann, Michael Nyman, John Zorn, Fred Frith, and David Sylvian. His love for live electronic music will get a new lease of life at the ArtmusicRoute. Together with the British composer (and turntable and sample artist) Matt Wright he presents the Trance Map project; a sound tapestry of field recordings, record collages, samples, and live processing acts as the springboard for Parker’s avant-garde sax improvisations.

The British pianist Zubin Kanga has made a name for himself with his highly original take on the modern piano recital. Kanga interacts with virtual technology, animation art, film, and 3D techniques during his performances. He has already worked with composers such as Thomas Adès and Steve Reich. When executing Alexander Schubert’s WIKI-PIANO.NET, Kanga invites the audience to contribute live to the creation of the music piece. On top of this, the pianist plays Scorcese Etudes by the Canadian composer Nicole Lizée, in which iconic film fragments from director Martin Scorsese’s oeuvre provide explosive sample materials for a virtuoso piano piece.

The young English composer Laurence Osborn is one of the most remarkable and active British musical talents of the moment. He is George Benjamin’s student. This year alone, he has been writing new work for the Britten Sinfonia and the New London Chamber Choir. His three-movement song cycle Ctrl. can be heard at the ArtmusicRoute.Rebecca Saunders’ recent probing piece Stirrings Still III for seven musicians will also be performed. The work is made up of static sound structures that offer ever-changing perspectives and vistas, according to the composer.The Riot Ensemble from London – which will perform work by Georg Friedrich Haas on 2 November – has played more than 200 British and world premiere concerts since 2012.

THE RIOT ENSEMBLERebecca Saunders / Laurence Osborn

TRANCE MAP EVAN PARKER & MATT WRIGHT

ZUBIN KANGA Alexander Schubert / Nicole Lizée

11.30 AM-12 PM,

1-1.30 PM,

2.30-3 PM &

4-16.30 PM

Willem Twee

Toonzaal

composed

HCMF ROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

HCMF ROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

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1-1.30 PM,

3-3.30 PM &

5.30-6 PM

Verkadefabriek

Matzer

composed /

minimal music

Did you ever want to be part of an orchestra? Let’s start the easy way by playing the triangle. Piece of cake? Or maybe not... Take up this challenge with the Youth Percussion Pool and percussionist Tatiana Koleva. Leonard Bernstein’s inspiring personality and music are the leitmotivs of the festive concert How To Play The Triangle: On Bernstein, Cha-Cha & Songs. For this programme, Koleva invited four American composers who have been living in the Netherlands for years to write a new piece: David Dramm, Ron Ford, Ned McGowan, and Vanessa Lann. The performance promises to be spectacular. The musicians play inside a scaffolding-like construction that consists of several gigantic triangles, which are also used as instruments.

The American drummer, composer, and bandleader Brendan Faegre writes intense and almost physical works that can be heard as well as felt. Influences from rock, minimal, jazz, and even Hindustani music collide with each other in his pieces. Faegre adds dramatic elements to his compositions at certain points. Broken Mirrors is a journey for drums, analogue synthesizer, and backing tracks that takes half an hour. A one-man band with the composer at the helm. The audience is agreeably surrounded by live drum sounds and an effervescent soundscape.

The German avant-garde pioneer Karlheinz Stockhausen used the twelve signs of the zodiac as point of departure for his famous composition cycle, Tierkreis (1975). Nerea Vera, a musician and film maker who is active in the Netherlands, feels at home in Stockhausen’s exuberant dream world. She found inspiration for her latest project in Stockhausen’s classical and mysterious composition. Vera condenses elements from the world of fashion, painting, and music in a highly individual and poetic way in her enchanting film project Tierkreis, a music fashion film.

BROKEN MIRRORSBRENDAN FAEGRE

TIERKREIS, A MUSIC FASHION FILMNEREA VERA

HOW TO PLAY THE TRIANGLE: ON BERNSTEIN, CHA-CHA & SONGSTATIANA KOLEVA & YOUTH PERCUSSION POOL Leonard Bernstein / Vanessa Lann / David Dramm a/o

12-12.30 PM,

2-2.30 PM &

4-4.30 PM

Pand 18

composed / rock /

minimal music

12.30-1 PM &

1.30-2 PM

Verkadefabriek

Filmzaal 5

composed / music

& visuals

PERCUSSIONROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

PERCUSSIONROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

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2-2.30 PM,

3-3.30 PM &

4-4.30 PM

Design Museum

Den Bosch

music theatre /

composed

Cecilia Arditto’s installation Musique Concrète is a surrealist play of sound and light staged in the dark. Two players deploy sound objects, tapes, and image projectors (magic lanterns) to conjure up a spatial and magical ritual. Using simple resources, the players create a seductive cinematic fantasy world. Cecilia Arditto operates the magic lanterns while her colleague Alu Montorfano takes care of sound matters.

Many musicians and theatremakers have started to think deeply about the superficial stereotypes that apply to men and women at the present time. Makers Mervyn Groot and Ytsje Rosier opted for a very special approach for their provocative performance, Loops: pole dance art and contemporary percussion music subtly fuse into a whole. Pole dancer Rosier embarks on a seductive dance that is directed by drummer Mervyn Groot. A hot-blooded duel unfolds that pitches man against woman.

MUSIQUE CONCRÈTECecilia Arditto / Alu Montorfano

11.30 AM-12 PM &

1-1.30 PM

Bij Katrien

(v/h Bank van

Leening)

music theatre /

composed /

installation

VARIETY ROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

VARIETY ROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

LOOPSMervyn Groot / Ytsje Rosier

Breaking out of patterns and the art of detachment. Every artist is a juggler of sorts. The composer and theatremaker Arthur Wagenaar is testing out novel hybrid combinations – music and theatre, concert and performance – in his work. This time, Wagenaar focuses on the art of juggling. Together with juggler/theatremaker Guido van Hout and instrument designer Dianne Verdonk, he has constructed instruments that are operated via juggling acts and object manipulation. Two worlds merge and create an entirely new entity. The juggling patterns and movements turn into sounds; rhythms and musical structures trigger juggling patterns.

SOUNDS LIKE JUGGLING!Arthur Wagenaar / Dianne Verdonk / Guido van Hout

1.30-2 PM,

3-3.30 PM &

4.30-5 PM

Werkwarenhuis

performance /

electronics

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12.30-1 PM,

2-2.30 PM &

3.30-4 PM

Galerie Mieke

van Schaijk

composed /

performance

Silence, sound, space, and light. Composer and clarinettist Germaine Sijstermans likes to play around with these elements. Sijstermans’ repertoire contains many works of composers who are linked to the famous Wandelweiser label, an international publishing operation that specialises in tranquil, meditative music and minimalist sound adventures in the vein of John Cage and Morton Feldman.Sijstermans will present new work at the ArtmusicRoute in which spatiality, minimal movement, and silence play an important part.

Sound artist and composer Cathy van Eck is every inch an explorer albeit an uncommonly poetic one. Her artistic output consists of performances with live electronics and installations around sound objects that she often designs herself. Some surprising examples are on display at the ArtmusicRoute. Dadaist and surrealist influences are never far away. She creates wondrous worlds where every detail counts. In Paradisum sees her eating an apple as she tries to capture the ideal sound for eating an apple. In the course of Empty Chairs, she continues to reposition chairs in different places. Owing to the sensors underneath the chairs, every movement and realignment of the chair changes the musical composition.

IN PARADISUM / EMPTY CHAIRSCathy van Eck

GERMAINE SIJSTERMANS

12.30-1 PM,

2-2.30 PM &

3.30-4 PM

Bij Katrien

(v/h Bank van

Leening)

electronics /

composed / music

theatre

SOUND & VISION ROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

AMPAROUTEKUNSTMUZIEKROUTE

12-12.30 PM,

1-1.3 PM,

2-2.30 PM &

3-3.30 PM

Azijnfabriek

composed

The student ensemble fc Jongbloed has been surprising audiences with its programmes for more than 11 years. Of course they will again take part this year. Former member Aart Strootman is the artistic director; quality and creativity are therefore guaranteed. Works by Calliope Tsoupaki and composer Anthony Fiumara’s students are included in the programme. Fiumara’s appointment in 2018 led to a flourishing composition practice among students. fc Jongbloed alternates with other AMPA ensembles comprising students at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Tilburg.

ENSEMBLES AMPA / fc JONGBLOED

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Sat 2 Nov | 3 PM

Babel

Thur 7 Nov | 2 PM


Sat 2 Nov | 12.30 PM

Galerie Mieke van Schaijk

Sat 2 Nov | 5.30 PM

Babel

Sun 3 Nov | 6.45 PM

Grote Kerk

Mon 4 Nov | 11 PM

Verkadefabriek

Tues 5 Nov | 4 PM

Verkadefabriek

Tues 5 Nov | 5 PM

Verkadefabriek

Mon 4 Nov

Thur 7 through

Sun 10 Nov

Thur 7 Nov

Fri 8 Nov

Would you like to find out more about the motives that drive a composer or musician and/or about the stories behind the music? The audience can take a look behind the scenes in connection with various activities. Most are free. Additional information and the up-to-date schedule can be found on our website www.novembermusic.net

INTERVIEWS WITH COMPOSERS

Claudia Molitor

Helmut Lachenmann and Mark Andre

READINGS AND MEETINGS

Florette Dijkstra Een onmogelijke lezing over stilte[in Dutch]

Book presentation Calliope Tsoupaki

Martin Hoondert over de verhouding tussen het christendom, jodendom en islam [in Dutch]

Cathy van Eck Krakende appels en zingende stoelen: transformaties in de geluidskunst [in Dutch]

Dans en Muziek (with DansBrabant)

Kristel van Issum & Han Stubbe The SoldierFilmpremière (with DansBrabant)

FOR PROFESSIONALS

Workshop Evan Parker & Matt WrightIn the context of Music Hub Brabant

International visitors’ programmefor programmers and festival directors from abroad (with Dutch Performing Arts)

Impro workshop for musicians, dancers, and theatremakers (with DanceBrabant)

New Music Conference for composers, musicians, programmers, journalists, and other professionals (with Buma)

AMPA / FHK

The Academy of Music and Performing Arts (AMPA) at Fontys University of the Arts (FHK) in Tilburg has aligned its project week with November Music 2019 and there will be various activities, such as workshops and masterclasses, for students of the classical, jazz, and composition departments. Students can visit concerts, AMPA ensembles perform at the ArtmusicRoute, and a student of composer and teacher Anthony Fiumara has written new work for Matthijs Koene.

EDUCATION

Cultural education is very important when it comes to boosting the appreciation for (and understanding of) new music among children and young people. November Music is inviting primary school and secondary school students to attend workshops, readings, concerts, and guided tours, for example in connection with the sound installations in WerkWarenHuis. November Music runs a workshop for secondary school students from ’s-Hertogenbosch during the annual Uitlokdag (a day of cultural challenges for local students).

MEDIA

The November Music concerts will be broadcast by NTR, VPRO, Stingray, Djazz, and the Concertzender.

MORE ABOUT MUSIC

A concert ticket gives access to the interviews

Free of entrance

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COMPOSER IN FOCUS

COMMISSIONED WORKS

November Music commissions various Dutch and international composers and makers to compose pieces each year. It collaborates with other festivals, venues, and ensembles to guarantee multiple performances.

The work of the Greek/Dutch composer Calliope Tsoupaki (Piraeus, 1963) combines the best of different worlds. She forges her very own sound universe in which melancholy has a light-footed appeal and tragedy is infused with vitality and a zest for life, as she takes on board East and West, early music and new music, mysticism and mythology.

Byzantine Christ icons sometimes seem to show two faces simultaneously. One is sad, the other joyful. Tsoupaki’s music sounds similar. Not contradictory but with double the meaning; as rich as life itself.Calliope Tsoupaki was appointed the third Composer Laureate of the Netherlands in 2018. She will hold this position until 2020. In earlier festival editions, she

was a frequent guest at November Music. She is our composer in focus this year and has been commissioned by November Music to compose the Bosch Requiem 2019, entitled Liknon, which will be performed on 2 November in Theater aan de Parade (p. 23). Her works are also played by Ad Parnassum (p. 68), Erik Bosgraaf, Matthijs Koene, Heleen Hulst & Gerard Bouwhuis, Eric Vloeimans (p. 74 & 75), and fc Jongbloed (p. 85) during the festival.

A monograph on Tsoupaki’s work and motives by the music journalist Joep Christenhusz will be published as this year’s installment of our series of Composer Portraits.

COMMISSIONED IN 2019

INTERNATIONAL

Georg Friedrich Haas Solstices in collaboration with The Riot Ensemble p. 20

Ondrej Adámek Lost Prayer Book in collaboration with Asko|Schoenberg, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Artstiftung NRW, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ensemble 2e2m p. 59

Anne-Maartje Lemereis This is (not) a Fairy Tale In collaboration with Kameroperahuis Zwolle p. 51

Maxim Shalygin Todos los fuegos el fuego In collaboration with Dag in de Branding p. 58

Gerard Beljon Planctus Cygni p. 68

Aya Yoshida / Boris Bezemer / A. Crespo Barba / Thomas Power New work for contrabas in collaboration with Grachtenfestival and Gaudeamus Muziekweek p. 52

THE NETHERLANDS

Calliope Tsoupaki Liknon p. 23

Mayke Nas Het Arsenaal der Ongeleefde Dingen In collaboration with DAAD p. 42

Aart Strootman W.A.L.L. In collaboration with Gaudeamus Muziekweek p. 47

Jesse Passenier Alan p. 14

Jesse Passenier Division p. 16

Bianca Bongers Surrounded by air - Axppearance III p. 32

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1 Verkadefabriek Boschdijkstraat 45

2 Willem Twee Poppodium Boschdijkstraat 100

3 Willem Twee Kunstruimte Boschdijkstraat 100

4 Jazzwerkplaats Tramkade 26

5 Werkwarenhuis Tramkade 24

6 Galerie Mieke van Schaijk

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7 Grote Kerk Kerkstraat 20

8 Noordbrabants Museum Verwersstraat 41

9 Design Museum Den Bosch De Mortel 4

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12 Museum Slager Choorstraat 8

13 Sint-Janskathedraal Torenstraat 16

14 Theater Artemis Predikheerenpoort 50

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16 Babel Hinthamerstraat 74

17 Bij Katrien Schilderstraat 33

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING

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TICKET SALES

STAYING IN ’S-HERTOGENBOSCH

CONTACT

DISCOUNT PASS XL

November Music 2019 takes place in various locations in’s-Hertogenbosch. The central festival hub is the Sun Room in Verkadefabriek. It is an excellent location to have a drink and lounge to the music played by our DJs.

November Music 2019 tickets can be purchased via www.novembermusic.net or at the Verkadefabriek booking office (T 00 31 73 681 8160). You can buy tickets at the venue where the concert takes place (unless sold out) throughout the festival.

November Music 2019 takes place in various locations in’s-Hertogenbosch (see p. 90). Verkadefabriek is the central festival hub, which is easily accessible by train or car. There is ample parking space near Verkadefabriek. When visiting other concert venues in the city centre, we advise you to use the parking garages Wolvenhoek or St.-Jan. When visiting multiple locations in one day, renting an OV-fiets (public bicycle) may be handy.

A visit to November Music for several days is not just worth it for the music. There is a great atmosphere in ’s-Hertogenbosch with its historic and hospitable city centre. An ideal destination for a longer visit! A range of hotels and B&Bs offers overnight accommodation.

November MusicBoschdijkstraat 455211 VD ’s-Hertogenbosch

[email protected]

Would you like to attend multiple concerts during November Music 2019? Opt for the Festival pass XL (€ 37.50). The pass is personal and you will get 50 percent off each concert ticket. Please purchase the discount pass first and do not order tickets until you have received our confirmation email!

SUBSIDISERS AND SPONSORS

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS

MEDIA PARTNERS

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Owing to our support for November Music, extraordinary compositions by Dutch makers are given additional opportunities. Buma supports and promotes contemporary music and jazz made by composers and lyricists from the Netherlands.

The Dioraphte Foundation supports artistic and cultural projects of a high qualitative standard with a national or international reach. November Music, too, can count on our support this year in order to facilitate its international programming for a broad audience. Culture is a treasure that everyone should share. Not then but now.