Readers, listeners,
“The most important part of music is not in the notes.”
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Competition
This month you can win a Pentatone cd , containing a
performance of Scott Joplins ‘Treemonisha’, if you successully answer the prize question.
Last month's question was: in the Pentatunes programme you heard music by
George Antheil. Together with actress Hedy Lamarr he worked on an
innovation, which today is very important for example for the mobile
network. What was the name of the innovation?
The answer is: ‘frequency hopping’. They called their discovery
‘Secret Communications System’. The winner of the George Antheil cd is Bob van Eijk. Congratulations!
This month's question
April's prize question is as follows: .....
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 The recorder in ‘Bach ad Infinitum’
From 6th until 17th April ‘Bach ad Infinitum’
(every workday
from 13.00 to 14.00) will
be devoted to the recorder, de ‘flauto dolce’
(gentle flute).
It was seen as the instrument of the poor and symbolic of
suffering, death and decline. You can hear instrumental works, but also
cantatas in which the recorder (one or mostly two) plays a role. On
Wednesdays (8th and 15th April) you can hear a soloist portrait of the
recorder player Erik Bosgraaf. On Fridays 10th and 17th
April the week closes with the debut cd of a new star, the French
harpischordist Jean Rondeau.
Readers offer ‘Luister’
‘Luister’ is the Dutch magazine about classical music, with cd and dvd reviews, interviews and audio information.
The Concertzender is offering readers of the newsletter a discount
on a yearly subscription
to ‘Luister’ magazine. It will cost € 27.50
instead of € 49.95.
Send an email to » abonnement@BCM.NL headed Code LSCo and receive ‘Luister’ for
a year!
Early Music Festival in ‘Concertzender Live’
In ‘Concertzender Live’ on Thursday 16th April (20:00 –
22:00 CET) our series of recordings from the Utrecht Festival of Early
Music 2014 continues with concerts from the Ensemble Vivante and
the Ensemble
Tourbillon. 
The Ensemble Vivante led by
Anne Marie Dragosits presents a programme about Giovanni
Felice Sances. Hij was one of the most influential musicians in the
Viennese court in the 17th century where he worked as the choir master.
The programme shows the many different aspects of his work,
including pieces he wrote
for small ensembles such as his
‘Stabat Mater’. His early compositions reveal lively music and
amusing texts.
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Win tickets for the Matangi Quartet
 De Concertzender is giving away free tickets for a lovely concert from the Matangi Quartet
in the Muziekstroom in Dordrecht.
With their glowing playing and slick presentation Maria-Paula,
Daniel, Karsten and Arno are role models for a new generation of
classical music performers. With a serious nod in the direction
of
Haydn's love of nature, they play a tribute to the love for life of
this genius of a composer.
The Matangi Quartet aims to do one thing: to communicate the feelings
of energy, passion
and excitement which lie in all good music.
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CD of the month: ‘Garçon’ by Radicalfashion
Fons Moers (see "Introducing...") has chosen the cd of the month 
and this is what he has to say about it :
“Maybe it's a bit premature, because I haven't heard all of it yet,
but I have high expectations for ‘Garçon’, the new album by
Radicalfashion from Japan. It will be published in April on the
Japanese label Flau. I've only just discovered their debut cd, ‘Odori’
from 2007, but I was immediately impressed, and I expect nothing
less
from ‘Garçon’.The ingrediënts of this new cd make it a real
'Concertzender album': romantic piano playing, brilliant minimalist
electronic music and a helping of traditional Japanese music. The
result is definitely pop music, so it's my album of the month. My
expectations are high and I'm intrigued to see how it performs."
For background information about Radicalfashion go to this link
Radicalfashion's previous album, ‘Odori’, is on Spotify
Micha Hamel and the DoelenKwartet in ‘Concertzender Live’
The cream of present day string quartets were playing during the ‘November Music 2014’. 
As well as the Kronos Quartet from America,
the Brodsky and Arditti Quartets from England, the Quatuor
Bozzini from Canada and the DoelenKwartet and Ragazze Kwartet from
the Netherlands were also represented.
Om Tuesday 14th April from 15:00 - 17:00
you can hear the usual
‘November Music
2014’ broadcast. This will include the complete performance
of Micha Hamels composition ‘Nous Deux’, based on the works of the
French poet Paul Éluard, performed by the soprano Renate Arends and the DoelenKwartet.
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Vacancy for programme makers Classical Music
The Concertzender's classical music department is looking for one
or more programme makers. Suitable candidates
can start immediately. All staff at the Concertzender are volunteers.
The
Concertzender broadcasts exceptional programmes: adventurous
music, unknown composers, inspired performances,
outstanding musicians. One important aspect of our programmes are
broadcasts of our recordings
of concerts. Since
January there is broadcasting time reserved on Monday evening and
Thursday evening every week for alternating Early Music and
Contemporary Music programmes.
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Introducing … Fons Moers
Fons Moers has been making and presenting programmes for the
Concertzender since 2008 that showcase music from the less well-known and the totally unknown regions of pop music.
“I make an hour-long programme
for ‘Pop Art’ once a month that is then broadcast on Wednesday
evening. I come up with an idea
for the programme, then select the
music and write the text. My input then goes to the studio where the
spoken texts are recorded and the programme is put together.
Sometimes that is also done live. ‘Pop Art’ is a weekly programme
about the less well-known and totally unknown regions of pop
music. And you can include lots
of different sorts of music under
the label ‘pop’. My hour of ‘Pop Art’ is always scheduled
directly before the monthly broadcast of ‘Café Sonore’. The two
programmes often flow together although this is never deliberately
planned.”
» read more
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