Gigantic dancing human machine bang on a can allstars bang. His composition teacher kees van baaren was a staunch supporter of the tone revolution that had swept europe and under his direction andriessen produced some of the first serial music ever written in the netherlands, van baaren says. After an early training in composition with his father, composer hendrik andriessen, he continued his studies with kees van baaren at the royal conservatory of the hague. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. In keeping with the objective of the series, this book examines louis andriessens compositions. Dutch composer louis andriessen is often spoken of as one of the great neglected minimalists.
Louis andriessen was born in utrecht in 1939 into a musical family. Louis andriessen albums, pictures naxos classical music. Music profile for louis andriessen, born 6 june 1939. His grandfather had been music director and organist at st josefs church in haarlem. Andriessens large body of works defies any allencompassing description, but there is a. Louis andriessen composer, arranger short biography. Adapting the techniques of linear analysis to posttonal repertoires requires the staking of several positions. Goaldirected projection of dissonant counterpoint in. Louis andriessen reproduction rights this programme note can be reproduced free of charge in concert programmes with a. For theatre of the world, however, the composer tries out a softer, subtler version of his unrelenting musical language. By an even greater coincidence, she was a professional musician of some standing and had worked with andriessen himself. But his work tends to be far less strictly minimalist than that of early steve reich or philip glass and much more akin to the grab bag ethos of john adams.
This especially refers to the branches of a tree, so the use of wooden instruments marimba and woodblocks help explain the title of the work. The ninescene multimedia work, which features a libretto by helmut krausser, is a farranging exploration of 17thcentury german jesuit scholar athanasius. Although the whole work is in principle a strict canon, the successive voices are so close together that it is more like a unison. Edelinck, pieter eijken, johan albert van eijkhout, victor eldering, bram. But louis andriessens concerns were much nearer home. On a train, a woman saw me reading this book and exclaimed, joyously, louis andriessen. Always an original i like the impossible, to put myself in a. Louis andriessen is a dutch composer and pianist based in amsterdam. Feb 04, 2010 hout wood was written for loos at the request of dirk simons.
Gigantic dancing human machine bang on a can plays louis. Nmd performs louis andriessens hout with erik ronmark, saxohone. Louis andriessen publishing house of contemporary classical. Frans joseph louis andriessen was born circa 1868, at birth place, to mathijs hubert andriessen and elisabeth hubertina romain. Fostering connection, deepening knowledge, and encouraging support for a diverse constituency of new music practitioners and appreciators in the united states. Frans andriessen historical records and family trees. Mar 24, 2016 surely this is the first opera production to include 100 sheep among its performers. After school, where louis was a andriessrn student, he moved on anndriessen the royal conservatory in the hague in to study piano, composition and theory. He was recipient of the gaudeamus international composers award in 1959. The music of louis andriessen for much of his career, the internationally known and still active dutch composer louis andriessen has been understood as an iconoclast who challenged and resisted the musical establishment. June 6, 1939 utrecht, the netherlands the dutch composer and pianist, louis andriessen, was born into a musical family, the son of the composer hendrik andriessen 18921981, brother of composers jurriaan. He is a lecturer at the royal conservatory of the hague. A central figure in the international new music scene, andriessen is best known for. This is the question addressed by dutch composer louis andriessen in the work presented here, on a new release by the netherlands blazers ensemble issued on the ensembles own label.
Louis andriessen listen and stream free music, albums. Early andriessen works are serial, but by 1963 he was working with graphic notation, as in the piano piece registers, using a combination of fixed and nonfixed elements to facilitate improvisation. Louis andriessen s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Bmopsound, the nations foremost label launched by an orchestra and devoted exclusively to new music recordings, today announced the album release of louis andriessen. The ninescene multimedia work, which features a libretto by helmut krausser, is a farranging exploration of 17thcentury german jesuit scholar athanasius kircher. Hout wood was written for loos at the request of dirk simons. His grandfather had been music director and organist at. Workers union and hout both generate highvoltage energy out of wild. Louis andriessen, a member of a famous family of musicians, is one of the most influential dutch composer of his generation, not only because of the quality of his music, but also his excellence as a teacher. A work called the republic composed in 1976 could well have been intended as a celebration of the american bicentennial.
We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests. Oct 15, 2012 a guide to louis andriessen s music this former enfant terrible of dutch music has spent his career attempting to make the classical political. Choral, opera, ballet, orchestral, chamber, piano, strings, concert and brass band music repertoire. June 6, 1939 utrecht, the netherlands the dutch composer and pianist, louis andriessen, was born into a musical family, the son of the composer hendrik andriessen 18921981, brother of composers jurriaan andriessen 19251996 and caecilia andriessen b 1931, and nephew of willem andriessen 18871964. Louis andriessen born 6 june 1939 is a dutch composer and pianist based in amsterdam. Louis andriessen was born in utrecht on june 6, 1939. Alamire, petrus alberga, daan alink, bert andriessen, hendrik anrooy, peter. Composer louis andriessen was born in utrecht into a musical family headed by his father hendrik andriessen, one of the recognized pioneers of modern dutch music. Dutch composer louis andriessen turned minimalism upside down in the 1970s with. In the case of louis andriessen, the netherlands most prolific. Biography and work for louis andriessen, listen to classical music and albums or compositions by louis andriessen online louis andriessen,classical,music,albums,compositions,works,biography,pictures,classical composer, netherlands, world, vocal, chamber music. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations.
Louis andriessen the memory of roses 1993, cd discogs. Armorys 2016 season includes andriessen premiere the. Louis andriessen was born on june 6, 1939 in utrecht, utrecht, netherlands as louis joseph andriessen. Sep 27, 2002 louis andriessen was born in utrecht on june 6, 1939 into one of hollands most illustrious musical families. Music on the edge the andy warhol museum presents hypercube. Coenen, johannes meinardus coenen, louis coenen, willem collier, evert.
Louis andriessen listen and stream free music, albums, new releases, photos, videos louis andriessen. The result is a chinese boxlike dramaturgy, manytiered, selfreferential, and frankly too complex to summarize handily but which involves hippophilia, an abusive. Robert wilson directed the first staging of the work on 1 june 1989 at the muziektheater, amsterdam, with james doing, wendy hill, beppie blankert and marjon brandsma as the soloists at the premiere. Hout 1989 matthew younglove, tenor saxophone ariel kasler, electric guitar stephanie titus, piano zeca lacerda, percussion recorded at constellation, chicago, il april. By an even greater coincidence, she was a professional musician of. Login or register to make a playlist of your favorites pieces. Andriessen studied with his father and kees van baaren at the hague conservatory, and between 1962 and 1964 undertook further studies in milan and berlin with luciano berio. The music of louis andriessen cambridge university press. A guide to louis andriessens music this former enfant terrible of dutch music has spent his career attempting to make the classical political. Andriessen doesnt do anything very different in theater of the world, which, to be precise, he classifies not as an opera but as a grotesque stagework in nine scenes and just. This page lists all recordings of hout by louis andriessen b. Louis andriessen began his musical studies with his father, and then studied in the hague with kees van baaren, and later in milan with luciano berio. Surely this is the first opera production to include 100 sheep among its performers.