H. Andriessen, Badings, Van Lier, Wertheim: Miroir de Peine / Van Veldhoven, Havinga

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
February 11, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Hendrik Andriessen, Henk Badings, Bertus van Lier, Rosy Wertheim
    • PERFORMER
      Klaartje Van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 11, 2022
    • UPC
      5028421963044
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96304
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Maria, schone Vrouwe, Mez

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    2. I. Agonie au jardin

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    3. II. Flagellation

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    4. III. Couronnement d'épines

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    5. IV. Portement de croix

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    6. V. Crusifixion

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    7. I. Tema: Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    8. II. Variation 1

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    9. III. Variation 2: Andantino quasi allegretto

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    10. IV. Variation 3: Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    11. V. Variation 4: Allegretto marcato

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    12. VI. Variation 5: Lento (Alla breve)

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    13. VII. Finale: Allegro

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    14. Magna res est Amor

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    15. La sainte face

      Composer: Hendrik Andriessen

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    16. Organ Toccata

      Composer: Henk Badings

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    17. Vrijheid (Freedom)

      Composer: Bertus van Lier

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    18. Prelude

      Composer: Henk Badings

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    19. Fugue

      Composer: Henk Badings

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    20. Hymne

      Composer: Rosy Wertheim

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    21. Prelude

      Composer: Henk Badings

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    22. Fugue

      Composer: Henk Badings

      Performer: Matthias Havinga

    23. No. 1. Van Jesus de ware ruste

      Composer: Henk Badings

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    24. No. 2. Lied tot alle vermoeyde zielen

      Composer: Henk Badings

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga

    25. No. 3. Air

      Composer: Henk Badings

      Performer: Klaartje van Veldhoven, Matthias Havinga


In Miroir de Peine, five stages of the Agony of Christ are viewed from the perspective of Mary, mother of Jesus. Composed in 1923, Hendrik Andriessen’s settings of poems by Henri Ghéon eschew both Romantic and modernist tropes of the time in favor of a meditative consideration of intimate, mystical simplicity. This quality is shared by his later setting of a Paul Claudel text, "La Sainte Face." In the midst of the Second World War, imprisoned in an internment camp by Nazi forces, Andriessen made a devotional setting of a medieval Marian text, "Maria, schone vrouwe," as a wedding-anniversary gift to his wife. The consciously archaic style of this prayer for aid conveys an intimate yearning, while his Sonata da Chiesa for solo organ employs a more chromatic language despite the neoclassical origins of the form. In search of companion pieces for Miroir de Peine, Klaartje van Veldhoven and Matthias Havinga turned up the music of Rosy Wertheim, a Dutch-Jewish pianist, teacher, writer and composer who organized covert concerts in the cellar of her home in Amsterdam during the Occupation. Like Andriessen, she also set "Magna res est amor," a hymn in praise of love by Thomas a Kempis. Just as Miroir de Peine is heard here in a version with solo organ rather than the original string-orchestra accompaniment, Wertheim’s accompaniment for violin and viola has been adapted for solo organ by Havinga. Havinga has also transcribed the piano part of "Vrijheid," a neoclassical ode to freedom composed at the end of the war by Bertus van Lier. Between the vocal items on the album, he interleaves solo-organ pieces by Henk Badings, including an early Toccata and two densely woven preludes and fugues.