FULL MASS opus 20 (Verhulst) Amsterdam 2023 Nikki Treurniet, Marianne Beate Kielland, Patrick Grahl, Konstantin Krimmel
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: MASS opus 20
- Composer: Verhulst Johannes
- Libretto: traditional
- Venue & Opera Company: Concertgebouw Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Recorded: February 11, 2023
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Nikki Treurniet, Marianne Beate Kielland, Patrick Grahl, Konstantin Krimmel
- Conductor: Aapo Häkkinen
- Orchestra: Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
- Chorus: Netherlands Radio Choir
- Chorus Master: Zoltán Pad
Information about the Recording
- Published by: NPO
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: bilibili FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Schumann Night Song
Bach / Schumann Cantata Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht, BWV 105
Verhulst Mass opus 20
Concealed at the top
Schumann and Verhulst (1816-1891), six years his junior, also manifested themselves as conductors. Verhulst was the most important composer the Netherlands produced in the first half of the nineteenth century. In the second half of the century he also ruled as a conductor over the musical life of both Amsterdam and The Hague.
Schumann and his idol Bach
Verhulst was a great admirer of Handel and adapted his oratorios for his choral performances. Schumann was music director in Düsseldorf, where he had great difficulty with recalcitrant orchestra members. But he got on well with his choir members, assisted by his wife Clara at the piano. For them he wrote ballads and arranged cantatas by his idol Bach. Schumann wrote praise about Verhulst in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. Here the two find each other in the Mass that Verhulst wrote as a young man, and the Dutch premiere of Schumann’s orchestration – including clarinet – of Bach’s Cantata 105 .