and more:

Elmer Schönberger & Nieuw Amsterdams Peil ‘Seeing Giacometti’ * PLUG * Pand7090 *

WILco / Hans Dagelet / Soetkin Demey ‘Pornopera’ * Tatiana Koleva * Lars Kynde

* Mark Schilders * KUrKKU * Maarten Altena & Paul Lovens

& Walter van Hauwe * Jacob Lekkerkerker & Oene van Geel

* Tiptoe Company * Merijn Bisschops ‘House of Fun’ *

f.c. Jongbloed * Ensemble Caméléon

* Dick Raaijmakers ‘Ideofoon’ *various sound installations

* On Saturday afternoon: ‘New Sounds’

Photograpy: Henk Bleeker, Jyrki Kallio, Eddy Westerveer, Tami Toledo, Matuoka, Ed Berger, Koen Broos, Lebrecht Music, Sandor Lubbe, Proper Pictures, Kaupo Kikkas, Bowie Verschuuren, Ben van Duin, Geoffrey Ketels, Kris Dewitte e.a.

WENDE sings WINTERREISEBoudewijn Tarenskeen / WENDE / Gerard BouwhuisWende Snijders is Holland’s most versatile singer

and she is embarking on a brand-new adventure with

composer Boudewijn Tarenskeen, who has extensively

reworked Schubert’s famed Winterreise (a setting of

poems by Wilhelm Müller). His contemplative sound

universe is a perfect foil for WENDE’s explosive

musical personality. ‘Shocking as well as fascinating,’

commented NRC Handelsblad.

Jef Neve Trio & guestPianist Jef Neve is regarded as the boy wonder

of Belgian contemporary jazz, with an itch for

everything new and exciting. And yet he never

loses sight of pure lyricism and aural beauty.

Concerts Sunday 8 November(not part of the KunstmuziekRoute)

Closing concertKimmo Pohjonen & Samuli Kosminen / Ragazze Quartet UnikoSunday 8 NovemberThe Finnish accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen combines

folk, classical music and post-rock. He plays Uniko

during the closing concert, in collaboration with the

Ragazze Quartet and electronics specialist Samuli

Kosminen. Pohjonen has earlier performed the piece

with the Kronos Quartet. ‘Big waves of sound build in

complexity, animation and sometimes sheer frenzy,’

wrote the New York Times.

’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Sunday 8 November

2015

TaxiWars ft. Tom Barman & Robin Verheyen

Dans Dans

Reinier Baas

Claron McFadden &Tuur Florizoone Trio ‘Secrets’

Wilbert Bulsink & Jessica Sligter

Florian Maier / AttemaHaring / Black Pencil

Nathalie Forget

Cora Schmeiser ‘Vox Sanguinis’

Ensemble Adapter

Dozens of concerts guarantee an inspirational musical adventure. Do you prefer to cycle or would you rather walk? Various wondrous venues in the heart of ’s-Hertogenbosch open their doors for your musical enjoyment. Visitors of the KunstmuziekRoute (ArtmusicRoute) on Sunday 8 November choose their own programme. Featuring among others:

www.novembermusic.net

today’s music by today’s

music makers

Kimmo Pohjonen & Ragazze Quartet * WENDE * Asko|Schönberg & Reinbert de Leeuw * TaxiWars ft. Tom Barman & Robin Verheyen * Helmut Lachenmann * Nederlands Kamerkoor ‘Arvo Pärt 80’ * Julia Holter * Wilbert Bulsink * Florian Maier

* Ambrose Akinmusire & Lunatree * Amir ElSaffar * Diotima Quartet * Dans Dans * Eric Vloeimans & Jon Balke * Fred Frith

* Claron McFadden * Jef Neve * Yannis Kyriakides * Calliope Tsoupaki and many others…

’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands4 through 8 November 2015

Music theatre Pop on the Edge

Mariken in de tuin der Lusten Calliope Tsoupaki / Asko|Schönberg / Cappella Amsterdam Wednesday 4 NovemberThe medieval miracle play Mariken van Nieumeghen

as well as Hieronymus Bosch’s seminal painting

The Garden of Earthly Delights inspired composer

Calliope Tsoupaki’s new music theatre piece for

Opera2Day. The actress Hannah Hoekstra (Het

Nationale Toneel) plays Mariken.

WENDEft. The Red Limo String Quartet & Maarten van DammeWednesday 4 NovemberWENDE has straddled the territories of rock and

classical music for years. Working on her new album,

she continues on her journey of exploration.

Exclusively for November Music, she provides

a foretaste of what’s in store in collaboration with

the Red Limo String Quartet.

Private ViewAnnelies van Parys / Neue Vocalsolisten / Asko|SchönbergThursday 5 NovemberTaking Hitchcock’s work as a starting point, Private

View by Music Theatre Transparant is an opera

brimming with suspense; just like a full-blooded

thriller. The 33 1/3 Collective has added sensuous

film images. According to de Volkskrant, ‘Director

Tom Creed beautifully merges voices, colours,

characters, and visuals.’ (****).

Julia Holter Saturday 7 NovemberSinger Julia Holter is one of the most electrifying

rock artists around. Together with her band, she

produces an idiosyncratic mix of art rock, ambient

music, avant-garde and folk. Not surprisingly, the

trend setting website Pitchfork invariably labels

her work as ‘Best New Music’.

he will return with

his six-piece

Two Rivers

Ensemble to

combine jazz

with compelling

Arab music.

Jazz & World

Colours of ImprovisationFriday 6 NovemberA triptych featuring varied concerts and extraordi-

nary combinations. Eric Vloeimans (trumpet) plays

with the Norwegian pianist Jon Balke while Harmen

Fraanje (piano) forms a trio with Ambrose Akinmusire

(trumpet) and Theo Bleckmann (vocals). Phronesis,

one of the most exciting pianotrio’s nowadays, will

close the evening.

Near East Up NorthMartin Fondse / Derya Türkan / Jeroen van Vliet / Mete Erker /Asko|Schönberg e.a. Saturday 7 NovemberComposer Martin Fondse stirs up a sweltering

inter-genre musical melting pot. Rhythms and

melodies from Anatolia mix with jazzy influences

only to culminate in the harmonic richness of

contemporary music.

Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet & Lunatree The Imagined Savoir is Far Easier to Paint Thursday 5 NovemberReviewers waxed lyrically as soon as Blue Note

released The Imagined Savoir by trumpet player

Ambrose Akinmusire. Owing to the line-up – jazz

ensemble plus strings and vocalists – it is a rare

opportunity for this successful album to be heard live.

At November Music, the Dutch ensemble Lunatree

joins forces with the American trumpet player as

part of Trance Music avant la lettre.

Amir ElSaffar AshwaaqTwo Rivers Ensemble Saturday 7 NovemberTwo projects with a focus on the talented American-

Iraqi musician Amir ElSaffar (trumpet, santur, vocals).

On Saturday afternoon he will perform his breath-

taking composition Ashwaaq with the Tana String

Quartet and singer Khaled El Hafez. In the evening

Lachenmann & Pärt

Florian Maier / Doelen Ensemble Cordillera SuiteIn this electro-acoustic suite, together with the

Doelen Ensemble, our composer in focus Florian

Maier retraces his journey along the South-American

shoreline in sound and vision as he revisits various

musical discoveries.

One day with Helmut Lachenmann philharmonie zuidnederlandDiotima Quartet Helmut Lachenmann and others Thursday 5 NovemberHelmut Lachenmann is renowned for a unique and

inimitable style of composing. His ‘musique concrète

instrumentale’ has influenced numerous young

composers. Yannis Kyriakides and Wilbert Bulsink

take on the challenge to reflect on Lachenmann’s

work. An orchestra, string quartet, special musical

collaborations and the master himself will perform

‘the greatest hits’.

Arvo Pärt’s MusicNederlands Kamerkoor Cello8tet Amsterdam Saturday 7 NovemberEstonian composer Arvo Pärt celebrates his 80th

birthday. Both the Nederlands Kamerkoor and

Cello8tet Amsterdam present an anniversary

programme in an old historical church to honour

today’s most popular composer.

Niels Rønsholdt / Studium Chorale / Roderik PovelSongs of DoubtThe Danish composer Niels Rønsholdt combines

rock songs and electronics, choir music,

and contemporary sounds into intense and

mesmerizing music.

Zwerm & Fred FrithGuitarist Fred Firth is one of the major improvisators

of his generation. Among others, he was a member

of John Zorns’ Naked City. At November Music,

he performs with his colleagues, the Flemish/Dutch

guitar quartet Zwerm.

Dyane Donck & EnAccord String QuartetCoconIn Dyane Donck’s broad-ranging performance,

there is a delicate blurring of boundaries; between

installation art and live concert as well as between

acoustic and electronic music.

Premiere Day Saturday 7 November