Peter Benoit - De Schelde
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Label: RFP
Cat No: RFP009
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 11th May 2015
Contents
Artists
Kris Belligh (baritone)Willem Van Der Heyden (tenor)
Werner van Mechelen (baritone)
Cathy Van Roy (soprano)
Gijs Van Der Linden (tenor)
Flemish Radio Choir
Netherlands Radio Choir
Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Martyn BrabbinsWorks
De ScheldeArtists
Kris Belligh (baritone)Willem Van Der Heyden (tenor)
Werner van Mechelen (baritone)
Cathy Van Roy (soprano)
Gijs Van Der Linden (tenor)
Flemish Radio Choir
Netherlands Radio Choir
Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Martyn BrabbinsAbout
As one of the pioneers of the Flemish (i.e. Dutch-speaking) music scene, Peter Benoit was a rarity in the predominantly French-speaking cultural landscape of Belgium. Benoit’s commitment to 'national music' made him one of the first European music nationalists to incorporate his theories in numerous articles and educational essays.
As director of the Antwerp Conservatoire, he promoted the education of 'thinking men and women' who do not stand alone as virtuoso artists, but also assume a guiding role in society. He considered the relationship between composer, musician and listener to be “so intimate, that all aesthetic balance disappears if that bond is broken, or simply does not exist.”
Benoit became so convinced of the importance of music in binding a community in the Flemish fight for emancipation that he decided to set a good example himself. From the late 1870s onwards, he expressed himself only in songs, choral music and cantatas, at times intended for outdoor performance.
A Dutch-language oratorio about the Scheldt was of huge symbolic value. Depicting the river as a lifeline reflected the radical optimism of Benoit’s cultural policy. He had chosen the subject well: few other European rivers had so often been the subject of cross-border conflicts, treaties, lawsuits, sieges, blockades and battles on both land and open sea as the Scheldt.
For the libretto, he collaborated with writer Emanuel Hiel, who had previously provided the libretto for Lucifer. Together they created a complex scenario, moving away from the narrative oratorio tradition, in which the river is used to depict a journey through national consciousness.
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