Dates

15 March 2025

Location

Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Festival heart

Running time

1:15, no interval

Tickets

€ 11,50

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Dutch National Opera Studio | Photo: Jan Willem Kaldenbach

Platform for young talents

The Song Project, an initiative from the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, gives young composers and singers a platform on which to present new and existing music. This is the second year that the Song Project features in the Opera Forward Festival. This year, composers from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam are collaborating with singers from Dutch National Opera Studio on the theme of the English song repertoire. 

Tailored composition

The concept is simple: the composers take an existing song, produce a new arrangement and also come up with a brand-new composition inspired by it. They get help from the musicians of the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and from former composer laureate of the Netherlands, Willem Jeths. They are introduced to ‘their’ singer early on in the project, giving them the opportunity to tailor their composition to that particular vocalist. The theme this year is the English song repertoire, with songs by composers including Frank Bridge, Gustav Holst and Ethel Smyth. In addition to the vocal works, the performance will include extracts from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet.

Performance information

Composers from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Mehmet İlhan Gazioğlu
Alexander Jansen
Jeroen Leentjens
Björn Pinxter
Julian Tjon Sack Kie

Soloists from Dutch National Opera Studio
Leander Carlier (baritone)
Joe Chalmers (bass-baritone)
Sophia Hunt (soprano)
Steven van der Linden (tenor)
Martina Myskohlid (mezzo-soprano)

Ensemble from the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Bartosz Woroch, 1st violin
Olga Caceanova, 2nd violin
Berdien Vrijland, viola
Anastasia Feruleva, cello
Joaquín Clemente Riera, double bass
Léon Berendse, flute
Jeroen Soors, oboe
Guillermo Arnedo Frías, clarinet
Remko Edelaar, bassoon
Wouter Brouwer, horn
Diego Jaén García, percussion

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