Music in the Cathrien | Liberation Concert Dona Nobis Pacem

September 21, 2024 | Catharinakerk Eindhoven

bevrijdingsconcert

Program

From: Dona nobis Pacem - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Part 3, Reconciliation

Part 4, Dirge for two veterans

Part 5, The angel of death

Intermezzo piano - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

From Lieder ohne Worte opus 62: nr. 1 andante expressivo

From Kinderstücke opus 72: nr. 5 allegro assai

From: Hohe Messe – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Dona nobis pacem

The Wish – Audrey Snyder (1953)

Intermezzo piano - Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)

To a wild rose opus 51

Dea Peace opus 55

From: The Peacemakers – Karl Jenkins (1944)

1. Blessed are the Peacemakers

2. Fanfara

13. The Peace Prayer of St Francis of Assisi

6. Healing Ligh

 Performers

Geert Broeksteeg
Musical direction
Geert Broeksteeg is the conductor and artistic director of the Eindhoven Oratorio Association. He has been associated with this association as a conductor since 1990. Under his leadership, the choir has built up a broad repertoire. This has led to a large number of concerts in which works such as the St. John Passion, Messiah, Die Schöpfung, Paulus and various requiems were performed. But composers such as John Rutter, Poulenc and Benjamin Britten were also on the programme.

Geert studied school music and choir conducting at the Arnhem Conservatory from 1980 to 1988. As a choir conductor, he studied with Joop Schets and Hans van den Hombergh. After obtaining his diploma Performing Musician Choir Conducting in 1988, he gained a lot of experience with various choirs and ensembles.

As a school musician, he has been working at the Sint-Joriscollege in Eindhoven since 1985. At this school, he is co-founder of the Art and Culture Project. This is a project in which talented children in the field of music, dance, drama and visual arts are given extra opportunities to develop their talents. Since 2009, he has been working in the school management as team leader of the upper grades of havo.
Tannie van Loon
Pianist
Tannie van Loon (1974) studied school music, piano and organ at the Brabants Conservatorium in Tilburg; piano with Ton Demmers and organ with Bram Beekman.

Tannie has a teaching practice, regularly performs as a soloist, accompanies various choirs on a project basis and is the organist of the Maria Presentation Church in Aalst. She lives with her husband and their two sons in Eindhoven.
www.tannievanloon.nl
Geert Broeksteeg
Muzikale leiding
Tannie van Loon
Pianist