Van Gogh in Me / Dijkstra, Netherlands Chamber Choir

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
October 14, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      William, Netherlands Chamber Choi, Elsbeth, Knight, Peter, Gerritsen, Bobbie, Dijkstra, Blommesteijn
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 14, 2022
    • UPC
      3760014196386
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA638
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Calme des nuits

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    2. No. 2. Les fleurs et les arbres

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    3. Les angélus (arr. C. Gottwald for choir)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    4. No. 1. Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Performer: Bobbie Blommesteijn, Elsbeth Gerritsen, William Knight, Jasper Schweppe

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    5. No. 2. Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Performer: Bobbie Blommesteijn, Elsbeth Gerritsen, William Knight, Jasper Schweppe

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    6. No. 3. Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Performer: Bobbie Blommesteijn, Elsbeth Gerritsen, William Knight, Jasper Schweppe

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    7. Preludes, Book 1: No. 6. Des pas sur la neige (arr. C. Gottwald for choir)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    8. 3 Gymnopédies: Gymnopedie No. 1 (arr. W. Knight for choir)

      Composer: Erik Satie

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    9. 3 Männerchöre, TrV 270: No. 2. Traumlicht

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    10. Des Knaben Wunderhorn: No. 12. Urlicht (arr. C. Gottwald for choir)

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    11. 5 Lieder: No. 3. Laue Sommernacht (Mild Summer's Night) (arr. C. Gottwald for choir)

      Composer: Alma Maria Mahler-Werfel

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    12. Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto, "Im Abendrot" (arr. C. Gottwald for choir)

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    13. 5 Lieder: No. 1. Die stille Stadt (The Quiet Town) (arr. C. Gottwald for choir)

      Composer: Alma Maria Mahler-Werfel

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    14. Rückert-Lieder: No. 5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (arr. C. Gottwald for choir)

      Composer: Gustav Mahler

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    15. Dreimal Tausend Jahre, Op. 50a

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra

    16. Friede auf Erden (Peace on Earth), Op. 13

      Composer: Arnold Schoenberg

      Ensemble: Nederlands Kamerkoor

      Conductor: Peter Dijkstra


With Van Gogh in Me, the Netherlands Chamber Choir presents an experience in which the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh and Gustav Klimt come to life to the music of the great Romantic and early 20th century composers such as Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Mahler... and, in a world premiere, a transcription for a cappella choir of Satie's first Gymnopédie. Originally written for solo piano, this work, which is known and played throughout the world, finds a new magical and celestial dimension in this new version for choir.

Mentioning the name of Van Gogh immediately evokes in each of us a color, a landscape, a sensation... Hence the idea of creating an immersive audiovisual experience: the choir approached an Italian collective, fuse*, to link images and sounds to the emotions of the musicians and the audience... fuse* developed an algorithm based on the works of Van Gogh and Klimt by recording their styles, colors, brushstrokes... then, during the concert, collects the sound of the choir but also biometric data that analyses the emotional state of the audience, the singers and the conductor, and creates visuals in real time, an astonishing show of colors and shapes that mixes sound, images and emotions... The visual of the album is inspired by these experiments.