Living Composers

[Karl Henning]

Very nice work by Carson:

[pjme]

https://www.npoklassiek.nl/concerten/9dacc889-b397-4991-8574-cf8c26f936b2/een-nieuw-vioolconcert-en-een-bewezen-meesterwerk

Joey Roukens new and (imo) masterly second violinconcerto, "Out of the deep".

Roukens (40) suffers from tinnitus....and composing can be very difficult for him ("I have a vacuum cleaner in my head")...
Anyway, I was positively impressed by this dark, quite angry work and the excellent performnce by simone Lamsma. 

[Christo]

https://www.npoklassiek.nl/concerten/9dacc889-b397-4991-8574-cf8c26f936b2/een-nieuw-vioolconcert-en-een-bewezen-meesterwerk

Joey Roukens new and (imo) masterly second violinconcerto, "Out of the deep".

Roukens (40) suffers from tinnitus....and composing can be very difficult for him ("I have a vacuum cleaner in my head")...
Anyway, I was positively impressed by this dark, quite angry work and the excellent performnce by simone Lamsma.

Saw him on a dozen of occasions, esp. with premieres in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw (e.g. the concerto for two pianos and orchestra, "In Unison," written for young virtuosi, Lucas & Arthur Jussen, premiered Sunday 12 December 2021: https://www.concertgebouw.nl/concerten/38125-lucas-arthur-jussen-te-gast-bij-het-radio-filharmonisch-orkest. Last September in an open air concert by the Royal Concertgebouw hosted by Queen Maxima, with Joey on the platform after his equally busy 'Tango' for orchestra had the 3000 audiense almost dance.