Andreas van Zoelen

What distinguishes Béla Bartók from most of his European contemporaries is his lifelong dedication to folk music. He began to look into Hungarian peasant music out of musical interest only, but gradua...

What distinguishes Béla Bartók from most of his European contemporaries is his lifelong dedication to folk music. He began to look into Hungarian peasant music out of musical interest only, but gradua...

For the 'Petite Suite' Bartók had six movements from his '44 Duos for two violins' fused into one piano work. Dutch composer and saxophonist van Zoelen has now arranged the suite for his instrument, u...

Verdi composed "Un Ballo in Maschera" for the San Carlo Theatre in Naples where it was to have been staged during the 1858 carnival season. The libretto told the true story of the liberal King Gustavu...

November 22 should be a holiday for every true music lover. Then it is St. Cecilia's Day, the day of the patron saint of music and musicians. This day was highly regarded in the Anglo-Saxon countries....

El 22 de noviembre debería ser un día festivo para todo verdadero amante de la música. Es el día de Santa Cecilia, patrona de la música y los músicos. Este día era muy apreciado en los países anglosaj...

El 22 de noviembre debería ser un día festivo para todo verdadero amante de la música. Es el día de Santa Cecilia, patrona de la música y los músicos. Este día era muy apreciado en los países anglosaj...

The Romanian Christmas Carols are comprised of original Romanian folk tunes, collected by Bartók over the course of many years, beginning in 1909. While much of his folk-inspired music used peasant da...

The Romanian Christmas Carols are comprised of original Romanian folk tunes, collected by Bartók over the course of many years, beginning in 1909. While much of his folk-inspired music used peasant da...

The "Stabat Mater" is the best known work of Giovanni Pergolesi's. It was commissioned by the "Confraternità dei Cavalieri di San Luigi di Palazzo" who presented an annual Good Friday meditation in ho...

The "Stabat Mater" is the best known work of Giovanni Pergolesi's. It was commissioned by the "Confraternità dei Cavalieri di San Luigi di Palazzo" who presented an annual Good Friday meditation in ho...

Franz Doppler (1821 -1883), was a flute virtuoso and a composer born in Lemberg (the modern Lvov, in Ukraine). His father, a composer and oboist at the Warsaw Opera, gave him a strong musical foundati...

Franz Doppler (1821 -1883), was a flute virtuoso and a composer born in Lemberg (the modern Lvov, in Ukraine). His father, a composer and oboist at the Warsaw Opera, gave him a strong musical foundati...

Andreas van Zoelen (* 1978) is a saxophonist and composer of Dutch/Moravian descent. He studied conducting and saxophone at the Brabants Conservatorium in the Netherlands, with Jean Pennings. He start...

After the 'Battle of Vitoria', Beethoven's friend Johann Nepomuk Maelzel talked him into writing a composition for his panharmonicon (a kind of 'mechanical orchestra') to commemorating this battle. Th...

After the 'Battle of Vitoria', Beethoven's friend Johann Nepomuk Maelzel talked him into writing a composition for his panharmonicon (a kind of 'mechanical orchestra') to commemorating this battle. Th...

El "Réquiem", KV. 626, es una Misa de Réquiem de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Mozart compuso parte de este Réquiem a finales de 1791 en Viena. En muchos lugares, el "Réquiem" de Mozart estaba...

El "Réquiem", KV. 626, es una Misa de Réquiem de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Mozart compuso parte de este Réquiem a finales de 1791 en Viena. En muchos lugares, el "Réquiem" de Mozart estaba...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera 'Les contes d'Hoffman', but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera "Les contes d'Hoffman", but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

Carmen is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The chorus "Vivat! Vivat le Toréro!" is sung in the second act of the...

La obra de Pablo de Sarasate "Zigeunerweisen" (Aires gitanos) para violín y orquesta fue escrita en 1878 y estrenada ese mismo año en Leipzig. Se basa en temas del pueblo romaní, concretamente en los...

Pablo de Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen" (Gypsy Airs) for Violin and Orchestra was written in 1878 and premiered during the same year in Leipzig. It is based on themes of the Roma people, specifically the...