one of the most versatile artists of the Netherlands
Compositions
Opus 37 (2011-2012)

Requiem

A theatrical ritual for 12 performers: Tenor, Actor, piano, flute/picc/afl/bfl, sopr/altosax, bassoon, trombone/tenor tuba, vl, kemence or viola, various perc, harp/portable harp, church organ
Duration: 100′
Commissioned by the Holland Festival
Published by: Donemus
Texts by: Gertrude Stein, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Heinrich Heine, Errol Flynn, Florenz Ziegfeld, Giordano Bruno, Victor Hugo, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, John Keats, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Camille Corot, Mata Hari, William Somerset Maugham, Hugo de Groot, Isaac Newton, Karl Marx, Karl Heinz Stockhausen. E. Th. A. Hoffmann, George Eliot, C.S. Lewis, Jakob Böhme, Alban Berg, Emily Dickinson, François Rabelais, Franz Schubert and Micha Hamel.

Full credits: Stage director: Micha Hamel, Lighting design: Desirée van Gelderen. Dramaturgy: Jos van Kan
Performers: Tenor: Marcel Beekman, Actor: Porgy Franssen, Piano: Hans Eijsackers, Harp: Godelieve Schrama, Organ: Leo van Doeselaar, Violin: Peter Brunt, Kemençe: Neva Özgen/Elena Emelianova, Flutes: Ingrid Geerlings, Saxophones: Femke IJlstra, Bassoon: Bram van Sambeek, Trombone: Koen Kaptijn, Percussion: Bart de Vrees.