Music for Leisure
On 14 June 1989 the Amsterdam University Choir performed with the Van Gendt Wind Quintet in the English Church in Amsterdam. The played – at that moment –
new works of Dutch composers for mixed choirs and wind quintets.
Contemporaneous compositions for comparable ensembles show a varied image of the Dutch way of composing in the 1980s. Conductor Anthony Zielhorst adds that the search for a repertoire for choir and wind quintet barely resulted in more compositions than the works we are going to listen to today.
1. Wim Franken (1922-2012) – Eine kleine Mozartreise (1980)
2. Antoon Maessen (1919-1997) – 3 Canzonettes (1986)
3. Wim de Ruiter (1943) – Toen er nog geen auto’s waren (1981)
4. Carlos Michans (1950) – Dood paard (1986) uit: Zes Gelderse gedichten
5. René Pieper (1955) – Achterbergliederen (1986)
Amsterdam University Choir and Van Gendt Quintet led by Anthony Zielhorst
Concertzender recording English Church. 14-6-1989 techn. Wijnand de Groot
6. Jan Coeck – Dat stuk met die fagot (1994)
Composed Children’s Choir led by Marijke Coghe, Ensemble Oxalys Phaedron DDD 92022
