DVD
- NBE-IK!
- NBE-Mijn God!
- NBE-Nacht
- NBE-Het Paradijs
- NBE-Papa's
- NBE-Later
What better way to start the new year than the NBE's
New Year’s Concert, in Amsterdam ’s Concertgebouw
on January 1st? Always sold out well in advance, the
New Year's Concert and its public Final Rehearsal on New
Year's Eve have become a Dutch tradition.
As long as there have been people, there has been a
god (or is it the other way around?). And oh my god,
aren't we obsessed with him? Or her. And is it God? Or
is it Allah, JHWH, Zeus, Shiva, Thor or Cupid? Perhaps
your god is the Dalai Lama. Elvis. Madonna. Johan Cruyff.
Or the universe. The environment. Why not Hyves? Whoever
- or whatever - your god may be, My God! was the theme of
the NBE's New Year's Concert on 1 January 2009, organized
in cooperation with the VARA broadcasting corporation.
MIJN GOD! is the live registration of this concert, on CD and
DVD. The featured guests at this year's episode of a beautiful
musical tradition were all from the Bijlmer, a part of Amsterdam
where all the world's religions exist side by side. And, as usual,
four young composer lead the NBE in performing their own compositions.
The theme for the 2008 New Year's Concert
was Night. On the cd and dvd the listener will
find night music by young composers, several
guest solists from abroad and one special mystery
guest.
A live recording of the New Years Concert
2008 with music bij Bach, Forqueray, Piazzolla
and Elvis and the many younger composers.
Live recording in cooperation with VARA television
of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble's 2006 New Year's
Concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Papa, can we play some football? Papa, can I have
Papa, can we play some football? Papa, can I have
some money? Papa, you're my hero! Papa, you don't
get it! Papa, you're never there! Who's your papa?
What makes you a papa? Fathering a child? Raising it?
The 2006 New Year's Concert is all about fathers, daddies,
papas.
Live recording of the New Years Concert 2005 on CD and DVD.
De Volkskrant said: "The traditional New Year’s matinee in the
De Volkskrant said: "The traditional New Year’s matinee in the
Concertgebouw is a breezy affair, but running underneath the
fun and games this year are some less lighthearted undercurrents.
The thin red thread that serves as a peg for the various elements
is ‘later’. It is a word that sounds both hopeful and melancholy, as
it evokes the inevitable passing of time".
CD
- NBE-Una Iliade
- Red Chicken Soup
- Mondriaan-Alzheimer
- Vinorosso-Ajde Ajde
- NBE-Turquoise
- Vinorosso-European Seas
- NBE-Zeibekiko
Okay, so it is not quite how Homer imagined it. He first wrote
the Iliad and then the Odyssey. The Iliad, a series of disasters
unleashed by the gods on man (Achilles) when all he is after is
fame. The Odyssey, man (Odysseus) wandering the earth trying
to find himself again. That is how Homer imagined it, but the NBE
turns the two around.
In 2002, the NBE presented the world premiere of Una Odissea,
In 2002, the NBE presented the world premiere of Una Odissea,
an epic work by Italian composer and harpsichordist Guido Morini
with words by Neapolitan singer Marco Beasley. The huge success
of Una Odissea, as a metaphor for the human condition, begged for
a sequel. Una Iliade is that sequel, a brilliant series of catastrophic
adventures. Man fighting against his surroundings, capable of sacrificing
himself for love but also of a burning hatred that leads to the most horrific
and dramatic of all confrontations: war.
A selection of pieces from 31 master students of the Conservatory
of Amsterdam.
Red Chicken Soup duo is playing Alto Voltango by Louis Naon
An Opera by Chiel Meijering.
Premiered in Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam.
Vinorosso Ensemble's first CD. Classical musicians play
world music, specially from Balkan, Klezmer, African etc.
A very special interpretation and very nice arrangements.
Turquoise features the Turkish-American composer Kamran Ince
(1960) and the young, Turkish-Kurdish singer Aynur. Invited by the
Nederlands Blazers Ensemble to create a programme together, Ince
joined some of his compositions into a kind of suite that is reminiscent
of Ottoman court music in its succession of instrumental and vocal
movements. A recurring element is the voice of Aynur, singing in her
local vernacular.
But Ince’s musical world extends far beyond the local, drawing on his
own personal history of being born in the United States, moving to Turkey
and then returning to the States as a student. Two other guest musicians
are featured, both of them leading representatives of the contemporary music
scene in Istanbul: Cem Yildiz, who plays the baglama, and Neva Özgen, who
plays the kemençe.
Vinorosso Ensemble's first CD. Classical musicians play
world music, specially from Balkan, Klezmer, African etc.
A very special interpretation and very nice arrangements.
The NBE and New Zealand born Greek composer
John Psathas present Zeibekiko, The Greek Concert,
a Greek musical celebration. Covering 2500 years of
Greek music,Zeibekiko, The Greek Concert includes
music from the Byzantine era, Taximia, traditional
and popular repertoire as well as new music. Guest
musicians from Greece are the clarion-player Manos
Achalinotopoulos and percussionist Vangelis Karipis.