KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Matthijs Vermeulen, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1974.11.04.A

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

133 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1974-11-04 | broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

Han Reiziger, the Music Director of VPRO, presents a program of music by Dutch composer Matthijs Vermeulen. Born in 1888 to a blacksmith, Vermeulen originally planned to be a priest but turned to music after being exposed to the theories of counterpoint while attending a seminary. He later moved to Amsterdam where he studied music first with Daniël de Lange, and later with Alphons Diepenbroc, whose daughter he would eventually take to be his second wife. A talented writer Vermeulen supported himself throughout his life by working for a number for newspapers as both a critic and editor covering a wide variety of subjects musical, cultural and political. Vermeulen’s music tended to be rather atonal and in 1918 he got involved in a dispute with the more traditionally minded chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg, resulting in his moving to France in the hopes of finding a more receptive audience for his works. He returned to the Netherlands after World War II and with the performance of a number of his symphonies eventually gained recognition as own of the country’s best modern composers.

Genres

20th century classical

Musical Selections

Symphony No. 1 (1912-14) (24:56) -- Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello (1923) (17:40) / -- La Veille (11:50)

Performers

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Symphony)
Edo de Waart, conductor (Symphony)
Jan Hulst, violin (Trio)
Rena Scholten, viola (Trio)
Rene van Ast, cello (Trio)
Sophia van Sante, mezzo-soprano (Veille)
Reinbert de Leeuw, piano (Veille)

Subjects

Orchestral music
String trios
Songs (Medium voice) with piano

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest
VPRO
Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep
Reiziger, Han
Vermeulen, Matthijs, 1888-1967
De Waart, Edo
Hulst, Jan
Scholten, Rena
Ast, René van
Sante, Sophia van, 1932-
Leeuw, Reinbert de, 1938-