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JOEP FRANSSENS
HARMONY OF THE SPHERES
Version 2010
VU-KAMERKOOR
ENSEMBLE WATERLOO
BOUDEWIJN JANSEN • Conductor
This recording makes use of only the natural acoustics of the recording location. No use of electronic enhancement has been made.
LYRICS MOVEMENT III
(From Spinoza's 'Ethica more Geometrico')
Per Deum intelligo ens absolute infinitum, hoc est, substantiam constantem infinitis attributis, quorum unumquodque æter- nam, et infinitam essentiam exprimit.
By God I understand what is of absolutely infinite being, that is, a substance consisting of an infinity of attributes, of which each one expresses an eternal and infinite essence.
JOEP FRANSSENS
Joep Franssens is a proud representative of the 'New Spirituality' in modern music in the Netherlands. Franssens aims in his music to express the universal, his sources of inspiration are amongst others, the poet Pessoa and the philosopher Spinoza. In a rich tonal language, his music evokes strong emotions in both a public unacquainted with contemporary classical music as well as specialized listeners. From the start of Franssens' career, his music has been performed outside the Netherlands. He has worked with choirs such as the Swedish Radio Choir, BBC Singers, Latvian National State Choir and the Netherlands Chamber Choir. The latter took Franssens music on tour through Europe and the USA, led by the Estonian conductor Tõnu Kaljuste. Well-known conductors like Yakov Kreizberg, Lucas Foss, Gerd Albrecht and Daniel Raiskin performed his works with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra.
VU-KAMERKOOR
The VU-Kamerkoor was founded in 1968 and consists of 30 young, experienced choral singers. Most of them are rooted in the Amsterdam student community. Since 1991, the chamber choir has been under the direction of Boudewijn Jansen. Its main objective is to expertly perform choral music from a wide variety of stylistic periods. This results in concerts that vary from classical to contemporary music. Over the years, the chamber choir has worked with several special guests, like the renowned Bach specialist Ton Koopman, the Russian-Dutch cellist Dmitri Ferschtman, Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian and the American composer Frank Ferko. The latter wrote the composition 'La Remontée des Cendres' especially for the VU-Kamerkoor.
ENSEMBLE WATERLOO
Ensemble Waterloo was founded by Boudewijn Jansen in 2009 and consists of the finest players from the major orchestras and chamber music ensembles in Holland, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
COLOFON
Recording • 13th of May and 21st of June 2011
Location • Pieterskerk • Utrecht
Music publishing • Deuss Music • Managed by Albersen Verhuur BV
Recording producer and editor • Sem de Jongh
Recording engineer • Frans de Wolff
Production assistent • Martijn Comes
Liner notes and translation • René van Woudenberg
Graphic design and photography • Chantal Bekker • GraphicAlert www.graphicalert.com