Concert series 'Vriendenconcerten'

Pamela Smits is founder of the concert series Vriendenconcerten and artistic director of Foundation Vriendenconcerten since 2013. See below for Archive previous seasons.

She is the driving force and “heart and soul” of this concert series and invites top musicians who, with their excellence and infectious enthusiasm, create an intimate ambience in which they engage the audience.

Commissioned by the Board of the Foundation Vriendenconcerten, she gives shape to the concert series of nine concerts that takes place at the beautiful 17th century church; the Zuiderkerk in the heart of old Amsterdam. For this season she has invited pianist Nicolas van Poucke as Artist in Residence.

 

Season 2023-2024
Second concert of this season: 
Date
: Sunday 15 October 2023, at 15:30 hrs. 

Poster Credit Patrick Keeler

 
Albert van der Schoot – presentation
Pamela Smits – cello
Nicolas van Poucke – piano
 

A program around Frédéric Chopin and his extraordinarily artistic circle of friends. Pamela, Nicolas, and cultural philosopher Albert van der Schoot will take you on a musical journey into Chopin's life in France, where music, literature, and painting were closely intertwined.

Much of the composer's best work was created during his tumultuous relationship with the French novelist and feminist avant la lettre, George Sand.They spent a winter on vacation in an abandoned monastery on Mallorca, which turned out disastrously. Sand later wrote an autobiographical chapter A winter in Mallorca about this trip in a travel guide. Close friend Eugène Delacroix painted a unique double portrait of the pair. Franz Liszt also had a dramatic vacation in a monastery with his wife and author Marie D'Agoult (pseudonym Daniel Stern), on the island of Nonnenwerth.

Through their mutual friend Franz Liszt, Chopin met an outstanding cellist: Auguste Franchomme. He became Chopin's musical partner and close confidant.In 1846 Chopin asked Delacroix to take the manuscript of his great Cello Sonata to the publisher in Paris. It is Chopin's last published work and last public appearance before his untimely death. The last public performance of the Cello Sonata was naturally with "the good Franchomme," (as Chopin used to call him), who also served as one of the bearers of Chopin's coffin, providing a final service for his dear friend.

 

 

 

Stichting Vriendenconcerten (Foundation Vriendenconcerten)

ABN AMRO Bank: NL45ABNA053.76.04.693?

Opening Church and Ticketcounter:
30 minutes before the start of a concert
Saturday at 19:30 hrs.
Sunday at 15:00 hrs.

Tickets and reservations:
W www.vriendenconcerten.nl
E info@vriendenconcerten.nl
T +31 6 3076 0224

Build in the Dutch renaissance style this beautiful 17th century church is situated between the Waterlooplein and the Nieuwmarkt right in the center of Amsterdam.

De Zuiderkerk
Zuiderkerkhof 71
1011 WB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T +31 20 308 03 99
W www.zuiderkerkamsterdam.nl

 

 

Season 2022-2023 Vriendenconcerten


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Season 2021-2022 Vriendenconcerten


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Season 2020-2021 Vriendenconcerten


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Season 2019-2020 Vriendenconcerten

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Season 2018-2019 Vriendenconcerten

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Date: Sunday 30 September 2019, at 16:00 hrs. 

Voyager Trio:
Arno Bornkamp - saxophone
Pamela Smits - cello
Tobias Borsboom - piano

The Voyager Returns
Peter Visser - Oriënt Express: Fantasie for sax, cello and piano
Michael Glinka - Drie Russische Lieder, for trio
Leopold Godowski - Java Suite, X. In the Kraton, for piano solo
Enrique Granados - Intermezzo from the opera Goyescas for cello and piano
Rabert Buizerd - Ballade. Horizon of Ulysses, for sax and piano (2017)
-Intermission-
Marcelo Politano - Danza de Aqua en Las Rocas (2018) for trio 
Nikolai Kapustin - Duo for cello and altosax Opus 99. Sonatina Animato
Henri Sauguet - Sonatine bucolique, for altosax and piano
Ástor Piazzolla - Four Seasone for trio: Winter and Autumn

 

Date: Sunday 4 November 2018, at 20:00 hrs. (!)

Elisabeth Perry - violin
Giles Francis - violin
Richard Wolfe - viola
Godfried Hoogeveen - cello
Pamela Smits - cello

Strings Royale

François Couperin - Pièces en Concert for 2 cellos
George Enescu - Aubade for violin, viola and cello
Anton Arensky - Var. on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op 35a, for violin, viola and 2 cellos
P.I. Tchaikovsky (arr. R. Dubinsky) from Album for the Young Opus. 39 for stringquartet
- Intermission -
Franz Schubert - String Quintet in C major D. 956, Op. Posth. 163

 

Date: Saturday 8 December, at 20:00 hrs. 

Lidy Blijdorp - cello
Pamela Smits - cello
Tobias Borsboom – piano

Bach on teh Beach
Franz Schubert - Notturno for 2 cellos and piano
J.S. Bach - Double concerto in D minor BWV 1043, for 2 cellos and piano
– Intermission –
Darius Milhaud (arr. Borsboom)- Saudados do Brasil:Gavea & Tijuca, for 2 cellos and piano
Renato Lemos - Folklore-Duets from South America for 2 cellos
Gaspard Cassadó - Suite per violoncello: Preludio – Fantasia
Maurice Ravel (arr. Blijdorp) - Rapsodie Espagnol: Malagueña
Claude Debussy - Estampes La Soirée dans Grenade, for piano solo
Gaspar Cassadó - Requiebros, for cello and piano
Pablo Casals - Chant dell Ocells, for cello and piano
Darius Milhaud (arr. Borsboom) - From Saudados do Brasil: Corcovado,
for 2 cellos and piano

 

Date: Saturday 12 January 2019, at 20:00 hrs. 

Marc Pantus - baritone
Tobias Borsboom – piano

Wanderer’s Last Song
Franz Schubert - Three Songs for voice and piano Opus 4: Der 1. Wanderer 2. Morgenlied 3. Wandrers Nachtlied
Franz Schubert - Fantasie Wanderer Opus 15, for piano solo
– Intermission –
Franz Schubert - Schwanengesang (Swan Song) D 957, song cycle for voice & piano

 

Date: Saturday 16 February 2019, at 20:00 hrs.

Pamela Smits – cello
Tobias Borsboom – piano

Serenades of Mother Russia
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Sérénade Opus 37
Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Borsboom) - Dance of the Knights, from the ballet Romeo and Juliet
Igor Stravinsky (arr. Piatigorsky) - Suite Italienne, after Pulcinella
Alexander Glazunov -Sérénade espagnole, Opus 20
- Intermission -
Sergei Rachmaninov - Sonata for cello and piano, Opus 19

 

Date: Saturday 6 April 2019, at 20:00 hrs.

Tim Brackman - violin
Giles Francis - viola
Pamela Smits - cello
Tobias Borsboom - piano

Valley of Romanticism
W.A. Mozart -Piano Quartet in G minor KV 478
Franz Liszt - Trio Tristia, La Vallée d’Obermann S 723c,
-Intermission-
Richard Strauss - Variations on a Bavarian Folk Song for String Trio 
                          ‘Das Dirndl is harb auf mi’
Robert Schumann - Piano Quartet in E flat major, Opus 47

 

Date: Saturday 18 May 2019, at 20:00 

Vincent van Amsterdam – accordion
Pamela Smits – cello
Tobias Borsboom – piano

The Alchemy of Happiness
Franz Liszt - First Elegy, for cello, piano and accordion
Daan Manneke - Tombeau pour Ton de Leeuw (1998/2017), for accordion solo
César Franck - Prelude from Opus 18 M30, for piano and accordion
Antonín Dvo?ák - Silent Woods, for cello and piano 
Arvo Pärt - Fratres, for cello and piano
- Intermission - 
Philip Glass - THE HOURS – Morning passages, for piano and accordion   
Heather Pinkham - Hush (2018), for accordion solo (première)
Hidayat Khan - Chanson Exotique, for cello and piano
John Tavener - Svyati, for cello and accordion
Sergei Rachmaninov - All-Night Vigil (Vespers), for piano, cello and accordion:  
Now Lettest Thou Depart

 

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Date: Sunday 15 October 2017, at 16:00 hrs.

Pamela Smits - cello
Tobias Borsboom - piano

We'd like to introduce..
Camille Saint-Saëns - Sonata for cello and piano No. 1 in c minor Opus 32
Gabriel Fauré - Romance in A major
Nadia Boulanger - Trois pièces pour cello et piano
Maurice Ravel - Deux mélodies hébraïques
-intermission-
Antonín Dvo?ák - Rondo in g minor Opus 68
Bohuslav Martin? - Sonata for cello and piano No. 1

 

Date: Saturday 23 November 2017, at 20:00 hrs.

Piotr Jasiurkowski - violin
Pamela Smits - cello
Tobias Borsboom - piano

Apprenti et Maître
Camille Saint-Saëns - La Muse et la Poète for violin, cello and ‘orchestra’
Gabriel Fauré - Valse caprice Opus 30 for piano solo
Maurice Ravel - Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré for violin and piano
Camille Saint-Saëns - Romance in D major opus 51 for cello and piano 
-intermission-
Maurice Ravel - Sonata opus posthume for violin and piano
Gabriel Fauré - Pianotrio Opus 120 in D major

 

Date: Saturday 13 January 2018, at 20:00 hrs.

Maryleen Schiltkamp - music painter
Pamela Smits - cello
Tobias Borsboom - piano

Hungarian Canvas
Franz Liszt- Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth for cello and piano
Franz Liszt - Sonata in b minor for piano solo
- intermission-
Zoltán Kodály - Sonata for cello solo Opus 8

 

Date: Saturday 17 February 2018, at 20:00 hrs.

Eva Stegeman - violin
Tim Brackman - violin
Timur Yakubov - viola
Pamela Smits - cello
Tobias Borsboom - piano

Má Vlast: My homeland Czechia
Josef Suk -Elegie for pianotrio Opus 23
Bed?ich Smetana - From the Homeland No. 2: Andantino for violin and piano
Leoš Janá?ek - from On the Overgrown Path: The Madonna of Frydek for piano solo
Bohuslav Martin? - T?i jezdci (drie ruiters) voor stringquartet
-intermission-
Antonín Dvo?ák - Pianoquintet No. 2 in A major Opus 81

 

Date: Sunday 25 March 2018, at 16:00 hrs.

Arno Bornkamp - saxophone
Pamela Smits - cello
Tobias Borsboom - piano

CvA-SaX olv dirigent Juanpe Luna


Sax-Escapades
Guillermo Lago - from Ciudades for sax, cello and piano: I. Montevideo II. Addis Ababa
Edison Denisov - Sonata for sax and piano
Ástor Piazzolla - from Four Seasons of Buenos Aires for sax, cello and piano: I. Primavera Porteña (spring) II. Verano Porteño (summer)
-intermission-
John Williams - Escapades for altosax and orchestra
Friedrich Gulda - from Concerto for cello and orchestra I. Menuett II. Finale alla marcia
George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra

 

Date: Saturday 21 April 2018, at 16:00 hrs.

Tobias Borsboom - piano
Tim Brackman - violin
Giles Francis - viola
Yukiko Hasegawa - piano
Maarten den Hengst - piano
Maja Jasinska - fluie
Piotr Jasiurkowski - violin
Pamela Smits - cello 

Sponsor Jubileum Concert
Franz Schubert - Stringtrio in B flat major, D 471
Felix Mendelssohn - from Pianotrio No.. 1 in d minor Opus 49: Andante con moto tranquillo
Francis Poulenc -from Sonata for violin and piano: Intermezzo
Gabriel Fauré - from Dolly Suite for piano quatre-mains: Le pas espagnol
Piet Swerts - Prélude ‘Le Jardin á Giverny’ for piano solo
Francis Poulenc - from Sonata for flute and piano: Allegretto malincolico
Josef Suk - Elegie voor pianotrio, Opus 23  
Maurice Ravel - Kaddish for cello and piano
Béla Bartók - Romanian Dances for cello and piano
Gabriel Fauré - from Pianotrio in D major Opus 120: Andante
Henryk Wieniawsky- Polonaise in A major for violin and piano

 

Date: Sunday 3 June 2018, at 16:00 hrs.

David Kweksilber - clarinet
Pieter van Loenen - violin
Pamela Smits - cello
Tobias Borsboom - piano

Cinematic Music
Nino Rota - Trio for clarinet, cello and piano
Igor Stravinsky - l’Histoire du soldat for violin, clarinet and piano
-intermission-
Franz Schubert -uit het Pianotrio No. 2 in E flat major: Andante con moto
Joe Hisaishi -Okuribito for cello and piano (movie The Departures van Y?jir? Takita)
John Williams - Viktor’s Tale for clarinet and piano (movie The Terminal van Steven Spielberg)
John Williams - Schindler’s List for violin and piano (Steven Spielberg)
Nino Rota - The Godfather theme, for quartet (Francis Ford Coppola)
Henry Mancini - The Baby Elephant Walk, for quartet (Hatari van Howard Hawks)
Henry Mancini - Pink Panther theme, for quartet (Blake Edwards)

 

 

 

 

 

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Date Sunday 2 October 2016, at 15:30 hrs

Ido Jan Stalman - trumpet
David Kweksilber - clarinet
Remko Edelaar - bassoon
Sjaan Oomen - violin
Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano


Kitchensoap
Bohuslav Martin? - La Revue de Cuisine for sextet
Paul Schoenfield -Café Music for pianotrio
– intermission –
Alfredo Casella - Serenata for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin and cello
Gene de Paul/Kweksilber - I’ll remember April for sextet

 

 

 

Date: Sunday 20 November 2016 from 15:00 till 18:00* 

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Workshop winds Pauline Oostenrijk; solo-oboist Residentie Orchestra The Hague.
Suitable for all ages and levels. Limited spots available.

Location: De Nieuwe KHL
Oostelijke Handelskade 44
1019 BN Amsterdam
Fee: € 20
Free for public!

 

Date: Sunday 13 November 2016, at 15:30 hrs.

Pauline Oostenrijk - oboe
Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano

 

The Bagpiper
Charles Martin Loeffler - Rhapsody ‘La Cornemuse’, for Trio
(inspired on a poem by M. Rollinat)
Pierre Max Dubois - Ballade Medievale, for Oboe and Piano
Pauline Oostenrijk - Sad, Happy, Naughty and Impudent. Medieval texts about shawm pipers and bagpipers.
Viktor Kalabis - Suite Dudácká (the Bagpiper), for Oboe and Piano
– intermission –
Béla Bartók - Three Folk Songs & the Bagpiper, for Oboe and Piano
Béla Bartók - Rumanian Folk Dances, for Cello and Piano
Mikhail Glinka - Trio Pathétique in d Minor

 

Date: Saturday 17 December 2016, at 20:00 hrs.

Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano

 

Romance in the Salon
Franz Schubert - Arpeggione sonata
Franz Liszt - La lugubre gondola
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Black Swan
- intermission -
Franz Liszt -Romance Oubliée
Frédéric Chopin - Sonata for cello and piano in G Minor opus 65

Including whiskey tasting

 

Date: Saturday morning and afternoon 28 January 2017 from 10:00 - 18:00*

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Masterclass double bass and chambermusic by Rick Stotijn
Location: 
Q-Factory* (the masterclass has been moved from the KHL to Q-Factory)
Atlantisplein 1, 1093 NE Amsterdam

The masterclass is open for all string players, conservatory students and young talent.
Both soloists and ensembles can apply.

 

Date: Sunday 26 February 2017, at 16:00 hrs. (!)*

Rick Stotijn - double bass
Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano

 

?Turn up the Bass
Johann Baptist Vanhal -Double concerto for cello, double bass and orchestra
Mieczyslaw Weinberg - from the sonata for solo double bass: Adagio
Edgar Meyer - Duo for cello and double bass
-Intermission-
Sofia Gubaidulina -Pantomime for double bass and piano
Gioacchino Rossini - Duet in D major for cello and double bass
Dmitri Shostakovich - Five pieces

* due to illnes the original date of 4 February was moved.

 

 

Date: Sunday 19 March 2017, at 15:30 hrs.

Pamela Smits - Cello with Camerata Delft:
Quirine van Hoek - Violin
Judith Verona Martìn - Violin
Femke Huizinga - Viola
Lotte Beukman - Cello
Bas de Vroome - Harpsichord
Elly van Munster – Theorbo

 

La Venezia de Nord
Luigi Boccherini - String quintet ‘La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid’
Willem de Fesch - Sonata for 2 violins Opus 1 nr.1
Jacobus Nozeman - Sonata for violin en basso continuo
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for violin & cello and Orchestra in B flat major, RV547
– Intermission –
Luigi Locatelli - Sonata for violin & cello and b.c. Opus 8 nr. 10
Francesco Geminiani -Sonata for 2 celli and b.c. in d minor Opus 5 nr.2
Arcangelo Corelli -Concerto Grosso in D major Opus 6 nr.1

 

 

 

Date: Saturday 29 April 2017, at 20:00 hrs.

Pianoduo Amacord:
Ivana Alkovic - piano
Maarten den Hengst - piano

Your Blue My Purple
J.S. Bach - Schafe können sicher weiden
Genevieve Murphy - Your Blue My Purple
Darius Milhaud - Scaramouche, Suite for 2 piano’s opus 165b
– intermission –
Includes a wine tasting by Wijnkoperij de Hermitage.
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Suite nr. 2

 

Date: Sunday 3 June 2017, at 20:00 hrs.

Floor Le Coultre - violin
Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano
Britten Youth Stringorchestra
o.l.v. Loes Visser - conductor

Tripelconcerto
Antonín Dvo?ák - Serenade for Strings
Winner Britten Competition 2017 (cello and violal) will perform with orchestra
– intermission –
Ludwig van Beethoven - Tripelconcerot for violin, cello, piano and orchestra

Season 2015-2016 Vriendenconcerten

 

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Foundation Vriendenconcerten is expanding by organising masterclasses and workshops on top of the concert series as well. Renowned musicians share their knowhow end expertise with upcoming talent, but also with enthusiastic amateurs. These top notch musicians will not only teach, but perform in the concert series as well. 

 

 

 

Date: Sonday afternoon 11 October 2015, at 16:00 hrs.

Marije Nie - tapdance
Enno Voorhorst - gitar
Nadia Wijzenbeek - violin
Leonie Bot - violin
Judith Wijzenbeek - viola
Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano


Musical Toys
Antonín Dvo?ák - Finale from ‘Amerikaanse’ striingquartet nr. 12
George Enescu - Aubade for violin, viola and cello
Alexander Arutiunian - Impromptu for cello and piano
Isaac Albéniz - Asturias (Leyenda) for gitar
Jean Marie Leclair - Sonata for 2 violins Opus 3, nr. 5 in e minor
– intermission –
Sofia Gubaidulina - some movemente from Musical Toys
Fransisco Tárrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra for gitaar
Luigi Boccherini - Fandango quintet for gitar and strings, G.448

 

 


Date: Sunday afternoon 1 November 2015, at 16:00 hrs.
Extra Concert!

Tim Kliphuis - violin
Nigel Clark - gitar
Roy Percy – double basskin
Janneke van Prooijen – viol
Frank Brakkee – viola
Charles Watt – cello

The Art of Improvisation
Foundation Vriendenconcerten has re-invited Tim Kliphuis to give a concert due to the great success of last year. This time he will play with his Sextet, who is on a special CD-release tour in the Netherlands of four concerts. 1 November will be the kick-off concert at de Zuiderkerk in Amsterdam. Together they will improvise on themes by Vivaldi, Copland, R. Strauss, Ellington, John McLaughlin and other greats of the musical scene. 

 


Date: Sunday afternoon 8 November 2015, 13:00 - 16:00 hrs.


Free Workshop percussion for kids by percussionist Nando Russo; percussionist van het Nederlands Philharmonic Orchestra. 
Location: Dr. Sarphatihuis, Roeterstraat 2, 1018 WC Amsterdam.

 

Datum: zondagmiddag 15 november 2015, aanvang 16:00

David Kutz - tuba
Nando Russo - percussion
Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano


Pure Imagination
Martijn Padding - from Inglorious Pieces: German March for tuba and percussion
Sergei Rachmaninoff - from the cello sonata in g minor opus 19: Andante for tuba and piano
Chick Corea - Crystal Silence for vibraphone and piano
                   - Children Song voor cello and vibraphone
Markus Fageruud - Rambling Elephant Rag for tuba and piano
Bricusse/Newley- Pure Imagination for tuba, percussion, cello and piano
– intermission–
W.A. Mozart - Sonata for cello and tuba in B flat major
Nando Russo - NEW WORK for solo percussie
StevenVerhelst - Hogtown Wizzard for cimbalo, piano and percussion
Etienne Crausaz - Two Eastern Folk Dances vfr tuba, percussion, cello amd piano

 

Date: Sunday afternoon 20 December 2015, at 16:00 hrs.

David Lucieer - actor
Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano

Letters to a Young Poet
The intense change of letters between the poet Rainer Maria Rilke and his protégé Franz Xaver Kappus is the basis of this unique theatre concert.

Actor David Lucieer will reconstruct the dialogue between Rilke and Kappus together with musicians Pamela Smits and Maarten den Hengst, where David will be the voice of Rilke and the music will re-enact the voice of Kappus. Works by i.g. Sjostakovitsj, Casals, Suk, Martin? and Fauré. 

After the concert you can enjoy an exclusive diner arrangement for a special prize at the high-end Restaurant ANNA, including a Meet & Greet with the artists.

Restaurant ANNA: Warmoesstraat 111, 1012 JA Amsterdam

 


Date: Saturday evening 30 January 2016, at 20:00 hrs.

Emi Ohi Resnick - violin
Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano


Musik and Wine
Johan August Halvorsen - Passacaglia on a theme of G.F. Händel for violin and cello
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for piano and violin in a minor, opus 23
Felix Mendelssohn - Song without Words for cello and piano, opus 109 
– intermission– 
Franz Schubert - Pianotrio nr.1 in B flat major D.898, opus 99

Includes a wine tasting by Wijnkoperij de Hermitage.

 


Datum: zondag 21 februari 2016, van 10:00 - 18:00 *

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Masterclass Brass and Winds by tuba player David Kutz
Location: Dr. Sarphatihuis, Roeterstraat 2, 1018 WC Amsterdam

The Canadian phenomenon and Yamaha Artist David Kutz will give a masterclass for brass and winds as part of the concert series Vriendenconcerten. Open for students, young talent and amateurs. Soloist as well as ensembles.


*  The original date of this Masterclass was 7 November 2015. The date was moved due to unforeseen circumstances.

 

 

Date Saturday evening 19 March 2016, at 20:00 hrs.

Daniel Rowland - violin
Tim Brackman - violin
Eva van Haaften - violin
Floor Le Coultre - violin
Giles Francis - viola
Joël Waterman - viola
Pamela Smits - cello
Douw Fonda - cello


8tet!
Ludwig van Beethoven - Striingquintet in C major opus 29
Alexander Borodin - Sringsextet in d minor opus posthume
-intermission-
Felix Mendelssohn Stringoctet in E flat major opus 20

 

 

Datum: zondag 10 april 2016, 10:00 - 18:00*

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Masterclass piano and chambermusic by pianist Maarten den Hengst
Location: Dr. Sarphatihuis, Roeterstraat 2, 1018 WC Amsterdam

Open for students, young talent and amateurs. Soloist as well as ensembles.

* Original date masterclass was 21 February 2016. This date was moved back for the Masterclass David Kutz. 

 

 

Date: Saturday evening 16 April 2016, at 20:00 hrs.

Sarah Ouakrat - flute
Hajime Konoe - bassoon
Levan Tskhadadze -clarinet
Laurens Otto - oboe
Maarten den Hengst - piano

La Douce France
Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin, for wind quintet
Claude Debussy - 6 Épigraphes antiques L131 for flute, horn and piano
– intermission –
Jean Françaix - L'Heure du Berger, sextet for piano and wind quintet 
Francis Poulenc - Sextet voor piano en blaaskwintet in C groot opus 100

 

 

Date: Sunday afternoon 22 Mai 2016, at 20:00 hrs.

Abbie de Quant - flute
Pamele Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano

Whistle & Blow
Carl Maria von Weber - Trio for piano, flute and cello opus 63
Claude Debussy -Syrinx for flute solo
André Jolivet - Chant de Linos for flute and piano
– intermission –
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Assobio a jato ('The Jet Whistle') for flute and cello
Max Bruch - Nachtgesang for flute, cello and piano opus 83

To celebrate the end of the season in style, a glass of prosecco will be served after the concert.

 

Season 2014-2015 Vriendenconcerten

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In this festive 5th year jubilee the concert series Pamela Smits & Friends Concerts continues under the name Vriendenconcerten.

 

Date: Sunday afternoon 5 October 2014, at 15:00 hrs.
 



Pamela Smits - Cello
Maarten den Hengst - Piano
Michel Khalifa - Narrator

Stories and Fairytales
Claude Debussy - Sonata
P. Hindemith - A frog he went a-courting: Variations on an Old-English Nursery Song
Leos Janacek- Pohadka (fairytale)
- intermission-
Alexander Glazunov - Chant du Ménestrel en Sérénade Espagnole
Bohuslav Martin? - Sonata nr 3 (1952)

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Date: Saturday evening 15 November 2014, at 20:00 hrs.



Emi Ohi Resnick - Violin
Myrthe Helder - Violin/ Viola
Mikhail Zemtsov - Viola
Pamela Smits - Cello
Quirijn van Regeren Altena - Double Bass
Maarten den Hengst - Piano


Penta Plus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade in G major 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'
Antonin Dvorak - String Quintet nr 2 in G major opus 77
- intermission -
Felix Mendelssohn - piano sextet in D major opus 110




including free wine tasting!
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Date: Saturday evening 13 December 2014, a 20:00 hrs.



Tim Kliphuis & Friends:
Tim Kliphuis - Violin
Janneke van Prooijen - Violin
Vincent Koning - Gitar
Pamela Smits - Cello
Maarten den Hengst - Piano

The Art of Improvisation
Maurice Ravel - Sonata for violin and piano nr. II. Blues
Geogre Gershwin - It ain't necessarely so, and Prelude.
Tim Kliphuis - Improvisation
-intermission-
Tim Kliphuis Improvisatie
Richard Strauss - Morgen!
Duke Ellington -Caravan, and African Flower
Tim Kliphuis - Astor's Dream
Trad.Kliphuis- Couscous & Butter
Stéphane Grapelli - Souvenir de Villingen

www.vriendenconcerten.nl


 

 

Date: Sunday 18 January 2015 morning and afternoon Masterclass


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Masterclass cello and Chamber Music by Pamela Smits at the NRC Café Amsterdam.

Artistic Leader Pamela Smits will kick off with the first masterclass in de series Vriendenconcerten this year. He Masterclass wil take place at the beautiful NRC Café and is open for studentens, young talent en advanced amateurs. Solists as well as ensembles!

Free admission for listeners. More information will follow beginning January 2015 at www.vriendenconcerten.nl

Possibillity for a lunch arrangement at the NRC Restaurant Café for a special prize of €13,50 on the day of the Masterclass as well as on the day of the concert.

 

 

 

Date: Sunday afternoon 25  January 2015, at 15:00 hrs.



Julia Tom - Cello
Eildert Beeftink - Piano
Pamela Smits - Cello
Maarten den Hengst - Piano

 

Mix & Match
Antonio Vivaldi - Concert for 2 celli and bc in G minor 
Franz Schubert - Fantasia in F minor for piano à quatre mains
Camille Saint - Saëns - The Swaan for 2 players on 1 cello and piano à quatre mains
-intermission-
Ludwig van Beethoven - Cello sonata in F major opus 5 nr. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vocalise for cello and piano
Georg Händel  - Sonata for 2 celli and bc in G minor



Possibillity for a lunch arrangement at the NRC Restaurant Café for a special prize of €13,50 on the day of the Masterclass as well as on the day of the concert.

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Date: Sunday afternoon 8 March 2015, at 15:00 hrs.



Palmis Trio:
Sabine Simon - Piano
Allan Ware - Clarinet
Pamela Smits - Cello

Big B's
Ludwig van Beethoven - Trio for piano, clarinet and cello in B flat major opus 11
Bach/Brahms - Chaconne in D minor BWV for piano solo lefhand
Leonard Bernstein - Sonata 'for David Oppenheim' for clarinet and piano
-iontermission-
Béla Bartók - Eerste Rapsodie for cello and piano
Johannes Brahms - Trio for piano, clarinet and cello in A minos opus 114

 

After this concert you can enjoy a 3-course menu for a special prize, including a Meet & Greet with the musicians at Brasserie Harkema. Nes 67, 1012 KD Amsterdam.

Added diner fee: €25 pp. Reservations via the site www.vriendenconcerten.nl highly appreciated!

 

 

Date Saturday evening 18 April 2015, at 20:00 hrs.



Ella Rombouts - Soprano
Vincent Spoeltman - Bas, Baritone
Maarten den Hengst - Piano

Bel Canto
Mozart - La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)
Mozart - Crudel! Perche finora (from nozze di Figaro)
Carl Maria von Weber - Wie nahte mir der Schlummer (from Agathe)
Richard Wagner - O du mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhauser)
-intermission-
Fransic Poulenc - Les Chemins de l'amour
Vincenzo Bellini - Ah! per sempre (from I Puritani)
W.A. Mozart - Porgi, amor (from Le nozze di Figaro)
W.A. Mozart - Esci omai, garzon malnato (from le nozze di Figaro)
 

including free wine tasting
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Date: Sunday afternoon 17 May 2015, at 15:00 hrs.



Hollands Vocaal Ensemble - Choir
Fokko Oldenhuis - Conductor
Pamlea Smits - Cello
Maarten den Hengst - Piano

 

Dutch Glory
Jan Koetsier - Gesichte des Herzens
Hank Badings - Trois chansons bretonnes
Frank van Gompel - Requiem for cello and choir (2014)
-intermission-
Hans Kox - Le Songe du Vergier for cello and piano
Jullius Röntgen - Two motetten
Géza Frid - Concerto opus 14 for piano and choir

 

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Season 2013-2014 Pamela Smits & Friends Concerts

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Date: Sunday afteroon 13 October 2013, at 16:30 hrs.



Pentachord Ensemble:
Emi Ohi Resnick - violin
Mikhail Zemtsov - viola
Pamela Smits - cello
Quirijn van Regeren Altena - double bass
Maarten den Hengst - piano
 

GRAND OPENING
Giovanni Sollima - Hell1 for cello solo
Felix Mendelssohn - Lied ohne Worte opus 109 for cello and piano
Frank Martin - Trio on Populair Irish Folk tunes, for violin, cello and piano
Gustav Mahler - Piano quartet
- intermission -
Franz Schubert - 'Trout quintet'

 

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Date: Saturday evening 9 November 2013, at 20:00 hrs.



Maarten den Hengst - piano
Ivana Alkovic - piano
Sanne Hunfeld - violin
Saskia Otto - violin

Including Russian beverage
 

The Russians are coming..!
Dimitri Shostakovich - 5 works for twee violins and piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Melodie from 'Souvenir d'un lieu cher'
Sergei Prokofief - Sonata for 2 violins opus 56
- intermission -
Igor Stravinsky - Petrouchka

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Date: Sunday afternoon 15 December 2013, at 16.30 hrs.

Levan Tskhadadze - clarinet
Myrthe Helder - violin
Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano

Quatuor
Claude Debussy - Première rhapsodie for clarinet and piano
Gabriel Fauré - Romance opus 28 for violin and piano
Jules Massenet - Méditation for cello and piano
- intermission -
Olivier Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du Temps
 

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Date: Sunday afternoon 23 January 2014. at 16.30 hrs.

Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano

CD PRESENTATION CONCERT
All time Favourites

Robert Schumann - Adagio and Allegro
Camille Saint Saëns - Allegro Appassionato
Frédèrique Chopin - Polonaise Brillante
- intermission -
Gabriël Fauré - Elegie
Enrique Granados - Intermezzo from 'Goyescas'
Max Bruch - Kol Nidrei
Caspard Cassadó - Requiebros
Ernest Bloch - Prayer
 

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Date: Saturday evening 22 February 2014, at 20.00 hrs.

Sextet la Ruche:
Elisabeth Perry - violin (in the place of Emi Ohi Resnick)
Melissa Ussery - violin
Richard Wolfe - viola
Giles Francis - viola
Pamela Smits - cello
Joachim Eijlander - cello

Inclusding wine tasting

String sextetten
Richard Strauss - Capriccio opus 85
Alnold Schönberg - Verklärte Nacht
- intermission - 
Antonín Dvo?ák - String sextet in A majort opus 48

 

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Date: Saturday evening 22 March 2014, at 20.00 hrs.

Lucian-Leonard Raiciof - violin
Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano

Introduction by music philosopher and East Europe specialist Albert van der Schoot as an appetizer to the concert.
Starts at 19:15. Free admission

Dumka
Zoltán Kodály - duo for violin and cello
Ciprian Porumbescu - Balada for violin and piano
-intermission -
Antonín Dvo?ák - Piano trio opus 90 'Dumky'


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Date: Sunday afternoon 27 April 2014, at 16.30 hrs.
 

Edsart Udo de Haes & group
Pamela Smits - cello
Maarten den Hengst - piano 

Including wine tasting

¡Olé!
Manuel de Falla - Suite populaire espagnole
Astor Piazzolla - Oblivion

Edsart Udo de Haes & group - flamenco
- intermission -
Guest - appearance of Ivar van der Westen (15 years old)
Heitor Villa Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras
Edsart Udo de Haes - Guajira Flamenca voor flamenco gitar, cello andpiano
Edsart Udo de Haes & groep - flamenco

 

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Season 2012-2013 Pamela Smits & Friends Concerts


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Date: Sunday 23 September 2012 at 15:00 hrs.
Location: St. Thomaskerkje, Kerkelaan 23, 8455 JP Katlijk

Gulnara Shafigullina - soprano, Peter Brunt - violin, Frank van de Laar - piano
In cooperation with restaurant Kwartier Noord.*
Info: www.posthuistheater.nl 
Program: 
 

‘Surpriseconcert around Opera’

A surprising mix of evergreens and lesser familiar work. The opera ‘Lalage's Monologues' by Dutch composer Hans Kox (world première was hailed by critics and audience) was especially composed for this unusual trio setting and will be combined with works by Gershwin, Tschaikovsky and Bizet's Carmen, played in diverse combinations.

* there is the option of  having diner (combination diner/concert ticket) at  the restaurant Kwartier Noord (100 meters distance of the church) after the concert has finished, while enjoying a few encores by the musicians.

 

 

 

 

Date: Sunday 28 October 2012 at 15:00 hrs.
Location: De Oude Wijnhoeve, Marktweg 46, 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen)
Info: www.posthuistheater.nl

Pamela Smits - cello & Quirijn van Regteren Altena - double bass
Including winetasting
Program:

'Deep feelings'
Jean Barrière - Sonata à deux 
Jules Massenet - DUO for double bass and cello 
Jan Hanuš- Divertimento in pensieri
David Ellis - Sonata opus 42 for unaccompanied double bass
-Intermission-
Guest-appearance of a young talent
Renato Lemos - Folklore-Duette from South America
Alfred Schnittke - ‘Hymnus II’ for cello and double bass
Mario Escudero - Bulerias (flamenco)

First concert in this series of a threesome of special duo combination concerts.

 

 

 

Date Friday 23 November 2012 at 20:00 hrs. 
Location: De Sionskerk, Marktweg 55 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen)
Info: www.posthuistheater.nl

Sax and Stix: Eva van Grinsven, saxophone and Ramon Lormans, percussion.
Including winetasting by the Oude Wijnhoeve
Program:

'Sax & Stix @ the castle’ 
Isaac Albeniz – from Suite Espana (1890): 2. Tango, 3. Malaguena
        Marin Marais – Les Folies d´Espagne (1701) 
Iva Bittova - A strange young lady / Divná sle?inka 
Kevin Volans - Walking Song (1984)
        Astor Piazzolla  - from l’Histoire du Tango: Cafe 1930 (1986)
-Intermission-
Misha Sporck – Reflections (2010)
       Isaac Albeniz – from Suite Espana (1890): 4. Serenata, 5. Capricho Catalan 
        Wim Henderickx - Gishora (2009/2011) 
Guillermo Lago (1960) – Canciones Flamencas (2011)
1. La Boda (the wedding)
2. Bruselas (Brussels)
3. Alegría de Brabante (Brabant rejoice)
dedicated to Sax & Stix
 

Second concert of a threesome of special duo combination concerts.

 

 

  

Date: Sunday afternoon 13 January 2013 at 15:00 hrs.  
Location: Posthuis Theater, Fok 68, 8441 BR Heerenveen.
‘Carte Blanche for violinist Isabelle van Keulen’
Info: www.posthuistheater.nl
 

Isabelle van Keulen - violin 
Ulrike Payer - piano  
Pamela Smits - cello 
Rüdiger Ludwig - double bass

Program:

'Together'
The program titled 'Together’ refers to the varying settings of the compositions on the program such as Beethoven (Ghost trio) and Schubert, and to the violin double bass duo ‘together’ by Ysang Yun.

Isabelle van Keulen will give a Masterclass on Friday afternoon 11 January and Saturday 12 January.

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Television recording Frydag 11 January Masterclass Isabelle van Keulen by Omrop Fryslan (In Frisian/Dutch)
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Date: Friday 8 February 2013 at 20:00 hrs.
Location: Rotondekerk, Pastorielaan 13, 8449BE Terband
Info: www.posthuistheater.nl

Remko Edelaar, principal bassoon of the Netherland Philharmonisch Orchestra
Hans Wolters, principal oboe of the Radio Filharmonisch Orchestra 

                     Rob van de Broek – visual artist                       
Program:

 ‘Verbeelding met Rieten’
Eugène Bozza - Contrastes
Britten - Six metamorphoses after Ovid for obeo solo
Jolivet - Sonatine
-Intermission-
Josef Flala - Duo concertante
W.F. Bon - Sontate for bassoon solo
Rossini - 6 aria's from the opera the Barber of Sevilla
 

Last concert of a threesome special duo combination concerts.

Two young brilliant Dutch wind players will interconnect together with the well known visual artist Rob van den Broek the senses of the eye and the ear.

  

 

 

        

Date: Sunday 17 March 2013 at 15:00 hrs.
Location: De Oude Wijnhoeve, Marktweg 46, 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen)
Info:www.posthuistheater.nl

Tjeerd Top - violin & Jeroen Bal - piano.
Including winetasting
Program:

'Sie trinken zu viel Wein’ 
C. Saint-Saens - Havanaise
L. van Beethoven -  Sonata nr. 8 in G major opus 30 nr. 3
M. Ravel - Sonata Posthume (1897)
-Intermission-
C. Franck - Sonata in A major 

 

 

 

Date: Friday 26 April 2013 at 20:00 hrs.
Location: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Vermaningsteeg 9, 8441 GB Heerenveen.
Info: www.posthuistheater.nl

Carla Leurs Piano Quintet:
violin: Carla Leurs and Rosanne Philippens
viola: Giles Francis
cello: Pamela Smits
piano: Daniël Kramer

Program: 

‘An Evening of Romance’
Moritz Moszkowski - Suite in G major for 2 violins and piano opus 71
Robert Schumann - Piano Quintet opus 44
-Intermission-
Antonín Dvo?ák - Piano Quintet No.2, opus 81 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Season 2011-2012 Pamela Smits & Friends Concerts

        

Date: Sunday 15 October 2011 at 20:15 hrs. 
Location: Posthuis Theater, Fok 68, 8441 BR Heerenveen.
Pauline Oostenrijk - oboe & Utrecht String Quartet:
Eeva Koskinen (violin), Katherine Routley (violin)
Joel Waterman (viola), Sebastian Koloski (cello)
Program: 

W.A. Mozart - Quartet for oboe and string trio in F major KV 370
Carlos Micháns - Dravidian Moods, for oboe and string quartet (2007/'08) *
-Intermission-
W.A. Mozart - Quintet for oboe and string quartet in c minor KV 388/406

* The composer will be attending this concert and will elucidate his composition ‘Dravidian Moods’ in person.

 

 


 

          

Date: Sunday afternoon 13 November 2011 at 15:00 hours. 
Location: De Oude Wijnhoeve, Marktweg 46 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen)
Pamela Smits - cello, Maarten den Hengst - piano, Dr. Albert van der Schoot - narrator
Program: 
 

'Cellorama'
J.S. Bach - Solosuite Nr. 6 in D major BWV 1012. Prelude
M. Bruch - Kol Nidrei
Gaspar Cassadó - Requiebros
C. Saint-Saëns - Le Cygne
D. Popper - Hungarian Rhapsody
-Intermission-
lecture including audio and videomaterial by Dr. Albert van der Schoot
Z. Kodály - Sonata for Solo Cello opus 8

 

 

 

           

Date: Friday evening 16 December 2011 at 20:00 hours.
Location: De Oude Wijnhoeve, Marktweg 46 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen)
Ivana Alcovic and Maarten den Hengst - piano á quatre-mains, Huib Ramaer - narrator
Program:
 

'De World a Dance Party' 
J. Brahms - Hungarian Dances (Wo O1): nr. 1, 4, 5
A. DvoÅ™ák -  Slavic dances (op.46): nr. 2, 8
E. Grieg - Norwegian Dances (op.35): nr 2, 4
K. Fiorina - Maltese Dance (Wereldpremiere!)
-Intermission-
S. Barber - Souvenirs’ (op.28) 
A. Piazzolla - from ’Histoire du tango’ –Café 1930
I. Stravinsky - from ‘Petrouchka’ -Danse Russe
 

 

 

 

Date: Friday evening 13 January 2012 at 20:00 hours 
Location: De Oude Wijnhoeve, Marktweg 46 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen) NL
Baroque concert by the Leupold trio:
Eva Stegeman - baroque violin
Wouter Mijnders - baroque cello
Sören Leupold - chitarrone and renaissance lute
Program:

'Händel with care'
Giovanni Paolo Cima- Sonata for violin, cello, chitarrone
G. F. Händel - Sonata A major for violin, cello, chitarrone
Domenico Gabriello - Sonata in G major for cello, chitaronne
Dario Castello - Sonata prima for violin, chitarrone
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - Sonata representativa for violin, cello, chitarrone
-Intermission-
J.S. Bach - Sonata G major for violin, cello, chitarrone
John Dowland - A Fancy - Lachrimae for renaissanceluit solo
Antonio Vivaldi - Sonata in a minor for cello, chitarrone
Johann Jakob Walther - Serenata for viool, cello, chitarrone

 

 

                 

 'A week-end with trumpet legend Peter Masseurs'

Date: Friday 24 February 2012.  'Masterclass'   
in cooperation with the Prins Claus Conservatorium Groningen (PCC) and Stichting Keunstwurk.

Program:
10:00-11:00 : Public Interview with Peter Masseurs by Bob Koertshuis (Professor PCC and former pupil of Peter) discussing his life as a Trumpetplayer.
11:00-12:30 : Public rehearsal with the PCC Brass ensemble
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13:30-16:30 : Public Masterclass: professionals: Students PCC, teachers of Musicschools etc.
17.00-18:30 : Presentation brass ensemble and participants Masterclass. 
(dinerbreak)
20.00-22:00 Public coaching for (advanced) amateur trumpet players, cornet players and bugle players. "Breathing techniques" will be an important topic.

 

 

Date: Sunday afternoon 26 February 2012 at 15.00 hrs.  
'Carte Blanche for trumpet player Peter Masseurs'
Location both days: Posthuis Theater, Fok 68, 8441 BR Heerenveen.

Program:

 

Martijn Padding -  One Trumpet, for trumpet solo
Alfredo Casella  - Serenata opus 46
Igor Stravinsky - Suite L’Histoire du Soldat  
-Intermission-
Bohuslav Martinů - La Revue de Cuisine  
Gene de Paul -  I'll remember April (arr. David Kweksilber)

Peter Masseurs - trumpet
Heleen Hulst - violin
Pamela Smits – cello
David Kweksilber - clarinet
Marieke Stordiau - bassoon
Frank van de Laar – piano 
         

 

 


 

Date: Friday evening 30 March 2012 at 20:00 hours 
Location: De Oude Wijnhoeve, Marktweg 46 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen)
Marieke Schneemann - flute, Hans Eijsackers - piano
Program:   

'Bordeauxred, golden yellow and sparklingrose'
 Cl. Debussy - Syrinx for flute
G. Fauré - Les Berceaux for flute and piano (arr. Schneemann)
F. Poulenc - Sonate(1957) voor flute and piano
-Intermission-
F. Nietzsche - Das Zerbrochene Ringlein for narrater and piano
G. Fauré - Morceaux de Concours for flute and piano
R. Wagner - Ankunft bei den schwarzen Schwänen , for piano

 

 

 

Date: Sunday afternoon 6 Mai 2012 at 15.00 hrs.
Location Posthuis Theater, Fok 68, 8441 BR Heerenveen.
Lisa Jacobs - violin, Pamela Smits - cello & the Lisa Jacobs string sextet:
violin: Elvira van Groningen, Miguel Lessa Lopez Simoes and Niek Baar
viola: Hannah Shaw en Dana Zemtsov*
cello: Joris van den Berg
* Joël Waterman will perform instead of the indisposed Dana Zemtsov

Program:   

'Musicale Mo(nu)ments'  
F. Schubert - triosatz
J. Brahms – 2nd string sextet in G major opus 36 
-Intermission-
F. Mendelssohn - Octet in E flat major opus 20
 

 

Season 2010-2011 Pamela Smits & Friends Concerts

 



Date: Sunday 3 October 2010 at 15:00 hrs. 
Location: Posthuis Theater, Fok 68, 8441 BR Heerenveen.
Pentachord Ensemble: Maarten den Hengst - piano, Emi Ohi Resnick - violin, Mikhail Zemtsov – viola, Pamela Smits - cello, Quirijn van Regteren Altena – double bass
Program: '

Trout'
Händel/ Halvorsen - Passacaglia for Violin and Cello
L. van Beethoven - Duo for Viola and Cello “with two eyeglasses obligato”
Evgeni Zemtsov - Melodia in Old Style' for Viola and Piano
G. Rossini - Duet in D major for Cello and Double Bass
G. Rossini - " Une l' arme pour basse " for Double Bass and Piano
J. Brahms - Scherzo for Violin and Piano Wo0 postume 2
Intermission
F. Schubert - 'Trout' quintet for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass in A major

 


 

Date: Saturday 30 October 2010 at 20:00 hours. 
Location: De Oude Wijnhoeve, Marktweg 46 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen)
Duo Macondo: Mikhail Zemtsov - Viola & Enno Voorhorst - Gitar
Program:

Antonio Ruiz-Pipó - Cancion y Danza' v
E. Granados - 'Andaluza, Oriëntal, Zambra 
Toru Takemitsu - Toward the Sea, Moby Dick 
N. Paganini - Sonata per Gran Viola e Chitarra
Intermission
F. Tarrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra for Gitar solo
F. Kreisler - Recitativo en Scherzo Caprice for Viola solo
Astor Piazzola - Histoire du Tango (Bordel, Café, Nightclub)


 

 

Date: 11 December 2010 at 20:00 hours. 
Location: De Oude Wijnhoeve, Marktweg 46 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen)
Pamela Smits - Cello & Maarten den Hengst - Piano
Program:

'Moulin Rouge'
F. Francoeur - Sonata in E major for Cello and B.C.
F. Chopin -  Sonate for Piano and Cello
              Intermission
M. Ravel -  Pièce en Forme de Habanera 
F. Poulenc - Sonate pour violoncelle et piano
 

 

         
                                           "Fantasy in F, Op.49, F.Chopin" 
                                          52 x 112cm, oil on canvas, 2011 
                                                         Maryleen Schiltkamp 

Date: Saturday19 February 2011 at 20:00 hours.
Location: De Oude Wijnhoeve, Marktweg 46 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen)
Sabine Simon - Piano & Maryleen Schiltkamp - Artpaintress
Program:  

Pictures of..'
F. Chopin - Fantasy
R. Schumann - Carnaval
* Gallerytalk by Maryleen Schiltkamp 
         Intermission
F. Liszt - Ricordanza
Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin


Born in Curacao, the international acclaimed Artpaintress Maryleen Schilkamp has had exhibitions all over the world in galleries and museums such as in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg Russia. The paintings of the exhibition in De Oude Wijnhoeve by Ms. Schiltkamp are especially selected and painted by her on the music of this program that will be played by Sabine Simon.

*the exposition 'Musical Paintings' by Maryleen Schiltkamp will continue from19 February 2011 till 20 April 2011 in the 'De Oude Wijnhoeve'.

 




Datum: Sunday 20 March 2011 at 20:00 hrs. 
Location: De Oude Wijnhoeve, Marktweg 46 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen)
Info: www.posthuistheater.nl Tickets and reservations via Posthuis Theatre; phone: + 31 (0)513 61 94 94 Tuesday through Friday between 14:00 till 18:00 pm

'Carte Blanche for Clarinettist Arno Piters'
with Nienke van Rijn - Violin & Jeroen Riemsdijk - Piano
Program:

I. Stravinsky- l'Histoire du Soldat (violin/clarinet/piano)
M. Ravel - Sonata for Violin and Piano  
Ravel -  Pièce en Forme de Habanera (clarinet arrangement Piters)
             Intermission
Poulenc - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano 
A. Arutiunian -Suite, trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano

       


         

Date: Saturday 2 April 2011 at 20:00 hours.
Location: De Sionskerk (!), Marktweg 55 8451 CG Oudeschoot (Heerenveen)
TV2: David Kutz - Tuba & Nando Russo - Percussion
(with a guest appearance of cellist Pamela Smits)
Program:

'Good Vibes'
Andras Szollosy - 100 Bars for Tom Everett
William Penn - Capriccio for Tuba and Marimba
Cick Corea - Children Song no. 1 for Vibraphone
Michael Horwood - Residue
Paulo Perfeito - Um pouco mais p'ra la (solo Tuba)
                  Intermission
Telmo Marques - Scenes from the City
Nando Russo - oloS for Vibraphone (solo Vibraphone)
A. Vizzutti - Cascades (solo Tuba)
Erik Nelsen - Spiritual Alloys
Paulo Perfeito - Good Vibes 

Date: Sunday 15 May 2011 at 15:00 hours. 
Location: Posthuis Theater, Fok 68, 8441 BR Heerenveen
Sextet la Ruche: 
Sarah Oates - Violin (concertmaster Holland Symfonia)
Melissa Ussery - Violin (first violinist Netherland Chamber Orchestra)
Richard Wolfe - Viola (principal Netherland Chamber Orchestra)
Giles Francis- Viola (a.o. Dante String Quartet)
Pamela Smits - Cello
Atie Aarts - Cello ( Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra)

Program: 

'Risonanze d'Italia'  
Felix Mendelssohn - Stringquintet  No. 2 in B flat major Opus 87
          Intermission
Pjotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovski - Stringsextet in D minor `Souvenir de Florence' opus 70