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Little Blue Something (photo Nichom Glerum)
Little Blue Something (photo Nichom Glerum)

Little Blue Something

Ragazze Quartet + National Women’s Youth Choir and others
Thu 28 Jan 2027 20:15 - 22:00
Thu 28 Jan 2027
20:15 - 22:00
  • Thu 28 Jan 2027
    20:15 - 22:00
    Grote Zaal
    From Tue 31 Mar 2026 12:00

Program

19.15 / Foyerdeck 1 /  Pre-concert talk

20.15 / Grote Zaal /  Main program
Bryce Dessner Little Blue Something / Aheym / Tenebre / Garcia Counterpoint / Tour Eiffel
Calliope Tsoupaki Meeting Point, Inner Life / Poem for an empty world
Caroline Shaw Anni’s Constant
Aart Strootman The World, Pointless from Naipaul’s Wanderer: Awakenings

Credits

Ragazze Quartet
Rosa Arnold violin
Jeanita Vriens-van Tongeren violin
Annemijn Bergkotte viola
Renate Apperloo cello

Aart Strootman guitar
Pascal Meyer piano
Yung-Tuan Ku percussion
Joost Gevers trombone

Nationaal Vrouwen Jeugdkoor

Ode to musical polymath Bryce Dessner

In addition to being a guitarist with world-famous rock band The National, Bryce Dessner is a highly sought-after composer for film, ensembles and orchestras. The versatile Ragazze Quartet pays tribute to this multi-talented artist and his music, alongside works by fellow composers Caroline Shaw, Aart Strootman, and a new piece by Calliope Tsoupaki.

Calliope Tsoupaki held the title of Composer Laureate of the Netherlands from 2018 to 2021. For her new piano quintet, Poem for an empty world, she drew inspiration from the sea – an ever-present force in her homeland of Greece. Migration is a central theme in Dessner’s work: Aheym (‘homeward’) is inspired by his grandmother’s stories of her journey to America and refers to his roots in the Jewish communities of Poland and Russia. Little Blue Something is based on Czech folk music, while Tenebre unfolds like a purifying journey toward the light.

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