Past, present and future

Past
Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
Clairières dans le ciel (Jammes)
Elle était descendue
Elle est gravement gaie
Parfois je suis triste
Un poète disait
Au pied de mon lit
Si tout ceci n'est qu'un pauvre rêve.
Nous nous aimerons tant
Vous m'avez regardé
Les lilas qui avaient fleuri
Deux ancolies se balançaient sur la colline
Par ce que j'ai souffert
Je garde une médaille d'elle
Demain fera un an

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Present
Clarinet improvisation 'Dialogue with the birds'

Future
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

Quatuor pour la fin du Temps
Liturgy de cristal
Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
Abîme des oiseaux
Intermède
Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus
Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésu

Sam Armstrong / piano
Sam Armstrong studied piano at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and then in New York at the Mannes College of Music, where he won the most prestigious prizes. He also won several prizes and received laureates after his studies. Armstrong took master classes with Menahem Pressler, Murray Perahia, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Roger Vignoles, among others.
He is now a sought-after soloist and chamber musician acclaimed for the excellence of his playing. With Katharine Dain, he released two CDs: Regards sur l'infini out, which won an Edison Classical in the best debut album category, and Forget This Night. Since September 2023, he has been principal study teacher of piano for chamber music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Katharine Dain / soprano
Katharine Dain graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and the Mannes College of Music in New York. She is now a sought-after soloist and chamber musician and has been heard in several operas, oratorios and concert series with leading orchestras. Dain is known for the ease with which she interprets contemporary repertoire and for her participation in experimental, multidisciplinary projects. A passionate advocate for song and chamber music, she was at the cradle of many an ensemble, with which she performed internationally.
Together with Sam Armstrong, she released two CDs: Regards sur l'infini out, which won an Edison Classical in the best debut album category, and Forget This Night.

Anastasia Feruleva / cello
Anastasia Feruleva is one of the most promising cellists of her generation. She started playing the cello at the age of 5 and performed in her native Russia from an early age. She obtained her bachelor's degree at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, where she studied with Larissa Groenenveld. She then continued her studies with Troels Svane at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. She completed both studies cum laude.
With her expressiveness and authenticity, she has since captured the hearts of audiences. The way she convincingly combines technical skill with profound artistic expression has been widely praised by critics. Feruleva has performed worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician.

Lonneke van Straalen / violin
Lonneke van Straalen is one of today's most idiosyncratic and enterprising violinists. She is a chamber musician and guest leader/guest concertmaster of several ensembles and orchestras in and outside the Netherlands. She loves traditions but also tries to push against the conventional, sometimes sticks her tongue out at the familiar and prefers to explore an infinity of flavours. Van Straalen is founder of International Chamber Music Festival Amersfoort - now September Me - and of ensemble Pynarello, an orchestra that explores and introduces innovative ways of playing music. With her musical brewery TheDutchBrewhouse, she enters into unexpected liaisons with artists from different disciplines. She is also attached to Splendor in Amsterdam, active as an advisor at broadcaster NTR and as director of the Amersfoort Youth Orchestra.

Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer / clarinet
Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer studied with Walter Boeykens at Rotterdam Conservatoire and continued his studies with Charles Neidich at The Juilliard School in New York. He won first prizes at various national and international competitions and made his successful debut with a recital at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in the Jonge Nederlanders series. Since then, he can be heard regularly on international concert stages in Europe and the US.
Wouters van den Oudenweijer is a versatile clarinetist. In recent years. He immerses himself in contemporary music and performs it regularly with various internationally leading contemporary music ensembles. The several CDs he recorded were received with rave reviews. Furthermore, Wouters van den Oudenweijer is a principal study teacher at Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg.

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